An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...

A camera affixed to the International Space Station recently spotted some curious symbols amid a barren desert landscape.

The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

Take a journey to 89 million light-years away from Earth to the NGC 7727 galaxy. It harbors the closest pair of supermassive ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' Center for Exoplanet Science and another from the European Southern ...

Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the space station. Take a moment to enjoy his best work.

As SL’s senior interiors and homes editor, Georgina Blaskey has her finger on the pulse of the design world. From a ...