In 2006, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured a blurrier version of the same scene. The HH 49/50 outflow earned its nickname "Cosmic Tornado" thanks to its twisting, storm-like appearance.

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other. An elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy appear as one celestial body as a ...

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into ... these breakthroughs using Gaia's data are "still in primary school," Hernandez said.

Electric school buses are driving major growth in the vehicle ... ensuring you get high quality solutions and save 20-30% compared to going it alone. Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t ...

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Space is phantasmagorical. Astronomers using the powerful ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would mandate seat belts on all school buses. Currently, seat belts are required on new buses but not old ones, following a law passed ...

"We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us." Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its final orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more than a decade.

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and ... It revealed how odd Neptune's auroras are compared to other planets', glowing over its midriff rather than its poles.

Today astronomers are saying goodbye to a remarkable spacecraft: a telescope that has observed nearly two billion stars in its 12-year life. The Gaia Observatory from the European Space Agency ...

NASA’s James Webb space telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet from the sun. According to an article published by NASA on ...