A boom in satellites is brightening the night sky and hindering astronomers’ ability to study distant galaxies, sharpening ...
The Hubble Space Telescope is known for its incredible photos of outer space, but this maybe the happiest image it's captured. The galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 appears to be smiling for the camera!
The fifth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a close view of a distant and colorful spiral ...
An interstellar comet making a brief passage through the solar system has triggered one of the largest coordinated astronomical observation efforts in recent memory. Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third ...
In April 1990, a tin can the size of a school bus was dropped off 353 miles above the Earth’s surface. Its mission: Take clear pictures of the universe without interference from the planet’s ...
NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has captured evidence of a white dwarf star consuming the remnants of a Pluto-like object - a scenario that may predict what will happen to planets in our own ...
NASA's Hubble Telescope has captured the explosive death throes of a star within the brilliantly glowing Calabash Nebula, providing new insights into stellar life cycles.