Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3,…
The Beta Pictoris d exoplanet observed over the years – ESO.org
The Beta Pictoris d exoplanet observed over the years ESO.orgFaint new planet is revealed around a young star after…
Older than the Sun: Astronomers find new clues to the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Press Release 6 July 2026 Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) to…
NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar
For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic…
“Beyond the limit”: one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky
Press Release 1 July 2026 A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to…
NASA’s Hubble Captures Crimson Cloud Sparkling with White, Blue Stars
Like fresh fireworks launched against a background of dissipating smoke, blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a…
NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants
A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came…
The Day of the Trifid Nebula
This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured…
NASA’s Hubble Dazzles With Young Stars in Trifid Nebula
This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured…
‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped…
New look at the stars around the Milky Way's centre – ESO.org
New look at the stars around the Milky Way’s centre ESO.orgAstronomers Produce the Largest Image Ever Taken of the…
Webb Studies Cranium Nebula – NASA
Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain…