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

Discover the fascinating story of the 'blue lurker,' a mysterious star in the M67 star cluster studied by NASA's Hubble ...

In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...

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 ...

Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own. These belts, analogous to the Kuiper and asteroid belts in our Solar System ...

The name "blue lurker" might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that ...

Deimos is Mars' outer moon. It's a tiny ... from Mars and could one day escape its gravity to go wandering through space by itself. The name "Mars" is the Latinized (Roman) version of the Greek ...

Panel 6: The surviving outer companion is much like our Sun but nicknamed ... the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C. The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating ...

I’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen the Ring Nebula. It’s a favourite amongst stargazers around the globe and ...

It’s divided into sections with names like “Lunar Lunch” and “Extraterrestrial Dinner,” because why settle for boring old ...

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

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