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

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

Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of ...

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

H. Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: J. DePasquale and A. Pagan (STScI) The ever-faithful Hubble Space Telescope has been deployed on many missions over its 34 years in service, and helped us ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don't go looking for it -- the flickering star is 2.2 million ...

The chances of me actually reordering a new supply of my daily disposable contact lenses ahead of schedule are not high. Hubble contacts can give you a little peace of mind (and more space in your ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...