The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that ...

When you look at the night sky, do you ever wonder what's going on out there? On a clear night with a dark sky, if moonlight doesn't wash it out, sometimes you can see the arc of the Milky Way. The ...

In a groundbreaking study published inNature Astronomy, astronomers have identified the lowest-mass dark object ever ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero ...

A team of astronomers used a cluster of galaxies like a magnifying glass to discover two never-before-seen distant galaxies. Pandora's Cluster warps the fabric of space-time, creating a visual effect ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the funny things that galaxies can achieve when they huddle together. When galaxies are far enough away, the 33-year old observatory gets a sort of ...

A view from the eighth-floor deck below the observatory showcases stunning views of the campus and the Boston skyline beyond it. It is also a chance to sight stars to find with the telescope later. A ...