This Hubble image of the spiral galaxy NGC 6000 has a glowing yellow center and glittering blue outskirts, colors that reflect the galaxies stars.

F.9 The Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) aims to incubate citizen science projects as they are being conceived or during critical transitions, ...

This artist's conception shows a young, hypothetical planet around a cool star. A soupy mix of potentially life-forming chemicals can be seen pooling around the base of the jagged rocks. Observations ...

Each of Webb’s four instruments is like a Swiss army knife of more specialized components, with multiple ways of observing (observing modes). Although some instruments are more suitable than others ...

This exoplanetary encyclopedia — continuously updated, with more than 6,000 entries — combines interactive 3D models and detailed data on all confirmed exoplanets. When you select a planet’s name, see ...

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Hubble Space Telescope astronomers, studying the northern hemisphere field from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), have measured the distance to the farthest galaxy ever seen. The ...