Astronomers exploring the distant universe with the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s most powerful telescope, have discovered a class of galaxies that challenge even the most skilled mimics, like the mimic octopus. This creature can imitate other sea creatures to avoid predators. Need to be a flatfish? No problem. A sea serpent? Easy. When astronomers … Read more
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The composite visible-light and X-ray image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2390, showing the vast expanse of hot, X-ray-emitting intra-cluster gas. | Credit: ESA/XMM-Newton/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA By a new image of a gigantic universe cluster of older x-ray data, … Read more
Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began beaming data back to Earth in 2022, it has had a profound impact on astronomy. Among its most revolutionary achievements has been the observation of some of the most distant galaxies ever seen. However, because light does not travel instantaneously, but instead travels at about 300 million … Read more
Editor’s note: The new Euclid Telescope images were released at 5 a.m. EDT (12 p.m. CEST). You can view the five new views of the cosmos here in our image release story. The European Space Agency (ESA) will release five new images from the Euclid Space Telescope today (May 23). And if the previous set … Read more