A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way. Called, dramatically enough, the Extreme Outer Galaxy, this ...

Space scientists have captured a startling new image of the so-called Sombrero galaxy. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature, CFD news ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring. The ...

An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope observing the cosmos 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA-GSFC / Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) The far outskirts of our galaxy are teeming ...

Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is known for its incredible photos of outer space, but this maybe the happiest image it's captured. The galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 appears to be smiling for the camera!

Plenty of video games take us to outer space, but only the best space RPGs let you chart your own odyssey through the stars. There are loads of space games out there these days spanning all kinds of ...

Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 million years ago. This observation marks the first time ...

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Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- and mid-infrared light. Within this star-forming region, known as Digel ...