Samantha Mathewson

The Hubble Space Telescope photographed a mesmerizing new photo of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3156, whose older stars emanate a hazy glow.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped a new view of Jupiter and its volcanic moon, Io, on July 30, revealing striking characteristics of the duo.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just snapped a new photo of a Red Planet rock that looks a lot like an avocado.

A new image from the European Southern Observatory captures a cosmic wildflower in space.

A new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a glittering globular cluster deep in our Milky Way galaxy.

A distant galaxy sits isolated in a new photo from the powerful observatory.

The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 photographed a massive protostar lurking behind star-forming clouds of dust and gas in the constellation Ara.

A distant galaxy sparkles from the soft glow of its many tiny stars in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) snapped a new photo of the globular cluster NGC 6723 containing hundreds of thousands of gravitationally-bound stars.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a distant galaxy cloaked in a ghostly haze some 44 million light-years from Earth in the Pavo, or "peacock" constellation.

Data from NASA's Juno mission shows that the spacecraft routinely encounters giant swirling waves, or vortices, at the boundary between the planet's magnetic field and the solar wind.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a stunning head-on view of a distant galaxy with tightly wound spiral arms.

Wildfires have been burning across several Greek islands since July 17, causing catastrophic damage and a mass evacuation. New satellite images capture the impact of the fires from space.

A cosmic chameleon shows off its bright colors in a new image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

The Hubble Space Telescope tried to capture an image of a weirdly shaped galaxy. A bright star almost got in the way.

A dazzling new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy that hosted a supernova explosion not long ago.

A new satellite photo from the Earth-imaging company Planet captures the grass courts of the All England Club, which hosts the famous Wimbledon tennis tournament every summer.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured massive galaxy clusters in the process of merging to form one big 'cosmic monster' eight billion light-years from Earth.

This week marks one year since the powerful James Webb Space Telescope shared its first images of deep space, and you can celebrate the milestone with NASA.

New photos of NASA's X-59 supersonic plane show the aircraft parked on the flight line as it prepares for a series of ground and initial flight tests.

July's full Buck Moon — the first of four consecutive supermoons — rose on July 3, and an astronaut aboard the ISS snapped a stunning view of the celestial sight.

The European Space Agency shared a new view of the Ariane 6 rocket on its launch pad ahead of engine tests.

Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight, a four-passenger mission, is scheduled to launch on Thursday (June 29). How many people can the company's SpaceShipTwo really carry?

A telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona has captured a striking new view of a dark nebula called LDN 1622, located in the nearby Orion complex.

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft photographed the Red Planet in July 2022 and January 2023, showcasing its rapidly changing seasons.