Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time?
Courting the Sirens of the Southern Sky These days it takes a generation to build a giant telescope. A new one is taking shape in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes Before an observatory can plumb the secrets of the cosmos, it must navigate more humbling challenges.
A Paler Uranus Emerges in the Latest Hubble Telescope Image A pair of images, taken eight years apart, show changes to the ice giant planet as spring arrives in the northern hemisphere.
Hubble Telescope Faces Threat From SpaceX and Other Companies’ Satellites Scientists found that an increasing number of pictures made by the iconic orbital observatory are being disrupted by passing satellites.