Astronomers have known for some time that nearby supernovae have had a profound effect on Earth’s evolution. For starters, ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the rare image of NGC 602, which is a star cluster that lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way.
The image captures HE0435-1223, one of the best lensed quasars, with four bright images formed by a foreground galaxy. This gravitational lensing effect creates a stunning celestial arrangement. The ...