Images that created confusion as well as advanced knowledge are included to demonstrate the challenges faced by astronomers and the long road to understanding galaxies. By examining developments in ...

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with first place going to an image of a dramatic landscape below the Milky Way. American photographer Brad Goldpaint won both the overall award, Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018 ...

Although its mission is over, NEOWISE still has much to share with the astronomical community, including these stunning new ...

The first-ever close-up of an extragalactic star looks different than expected and might give a view of what stars look like at the end of their lives.

The image in the center shows the extended structure of the jet. The image on the right is a visible light image of the quasar taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The radio observations were made ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich in London runs the Astronomy Photography of the Year competition and called the image "astonishing". It also awarded two 14-year-old boys in Sichuan, China ...

The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, supported by Liberty Specialty Markets and in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine. There were ...

A new approach to digital imaging promises to ramp up resolution, with potential applications in astronomy and remote sensing ...