The two astronauts have a busy day ahead of them. Hague and Williams will "patch light leaks in the NICER X-ray telescope, ...

Scientists from around the world are gathered in Maryland this week for the so-called "Super Bowl of astronomy." the 245th ...

From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) two astronauts embarked on their first spacewalk of the year today, ...

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

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 Carnegie-funded 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory in California, Hubble discovered the demure star in 1923. This rare type of pulsating star, called a Cepheid variable ...

An aspiring naval officer Olivia Achenbach from the United States Naval Academy has unveiled surprising characteristics of ...

A pair of quasars that existed when the universe was only 3 billion years old has been spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to the observatory, project officials warn.