Particular stars called Cepheid variables allow astronomers to determine distance, and Hubble spotted one of these within M31 ...

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has caputured new imagery of 9.5 light-years tall portion the Eagle Nebula, located 7000 ...

NASA's retired Space Shuttle Discovery could be on the move from Virginia to Texas under a provision in the GOP's so-called ...

Galaxy merger Arp-Madore 417-391 is on display in this new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the stunning Sombrero Galaxy (M104), known for its bright central bulge and ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

The Bezos-backed MethaneSAT satellite has been declared "likely not recoverable" after losing contact with controllers just ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...

Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds – or Fermi bubbles – at the Milky Way’s center. The ...