A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

A newly released Hubble pic shows the galaxy LEDA 22057, where the supernova explosion occurred. The spiral galaxy's swirling ...

"The question 'Are we alone?' is one of the most significant questions, not just in the history of science, but in the ...

Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

That Rich was presenting the story of Edwin Hubble at the January 2025 AAS meeting was symbolic, for it was at the 33rd ...