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

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 ...

Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to ...

Dive into a celestial masterpiece with the Hubble Space Telescope's latest snapshot of the Large Magellanic Cloud, showcasing ...

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

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New ...

100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous -- and highly debated -- results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predicted by ...

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