Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most powerful telescope to be launched into space has made history by detecting a record number of new stars in a distant ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is a constant source of beautiful pictures of the wonders of space, and this week’s Hubble image shows a wonderful example of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, ...

The red galaxy interacting with a spiral galaxy was magnified and distorted in an unusual way, which NASA said involved a "rare alignment between the galaxies, the lens, and the observer," known as a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured three copies of the same distant galaxy cluster mid supernova through the quirky natural phenomenon of gravitational lensing. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / P.

Astronomers pointing the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) at a nearby satellite galaxy have spotted a mystery object passing between us and one of its stars, with the unusual event lasting for around an ...

A new way to measure the cosmic expansion rate could help resolve a long-standing cosmological crisis. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an awe-inspiring sight in the cosmos. In an observation of the galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329, located about eight billion light-years from Earth in the ...

The sun's gravity could act like a giant magnifying glass to help view distant exoplanets in amazing detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...