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

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The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...

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 ...

From solar storms to "shooting stars" over Stonehenge, here are our top 10 favorite space photos of 2024 — and what they told ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...