"The protostars are midway down the path to becoming mature stars." Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures extraordinary images of young stars, shedding light on star formation in the Orion Nebula.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided unprecedented details about the Andromeda galaxy's history and characteristics.

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

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 ...

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

In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...

When Pagan and DePasquale first receive the images, they appear in black and white. The colors are added to the image later, ...

Stargazers around the world marked the 35th anniversary of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope Wednesday with a special challenge ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen using infrared technology, and ...

In this special Hubble image 23 years in the making, the sparkling spiral galaxy UGC 10043 reveals the secrets of its ...

Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe ...