A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the ...

This week brings the Hubble Space Telescope's 35th birthday – but instead of getting presents, the Hubble team is giving out ...

To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.

The Eagle Nebula is shaped by dense clouds of gas and dust that create a silhouette resembling an eagle with outstretched wings. A cluster of young stars lies outside the frame of this new Hubble ...

"As enormous as this dusty pillar is, it's just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula." A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

The Southern Ring is a planetary nebula, a cloud of dust and gas produced as an aging star ... ultraviolet radiation and solar wind, but the wispy "silk" around the edges are dense pillars that ...

That's thanks to the extra details revealed by JWST's infrared optics, with its Mid-infrared Instrument (MIRI) in particular helping to draw out gas clouds ... of gas and dust in a very slow ...

The dust and gas pillar is only one part of the Eagle Nebula, whose name is inspired by its appearance. Dark clouds shape the nebula’s shining edge, and look like a majestic eagle spreading its ...

Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto ... Comets are balls of frozen gas and dust from billions of years ago. Every so often, a comet passes through the inner solar system.