In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope conducted a groundbreaking experiment by pointing at a dark, apparently empty patch of sky near the Big Dipper—about the size of a pinhead held at arm's length—for ...

In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.

An international research team's new calculations of the distortion of time and space presents new challenges to predictions ...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures stunning images of galaxies merging in the Coma Cluster, offering a glimpse into galactic ...

Why did the turkey start a band? He had drumsticks! Both kids and adults will harvest some Turkey Day laughter with these 100 Thanksgiving jokes.

Milky Way strips LMC's gas halo with ram pressure. Hubble captures dramatic interaction between galaxies. LMC retains enough ...

The universe is home to many fascinating objects. R Aquarii is a binary star system with a red giant and a white dwarf. Omega ...

American space agency NASA says it has begun installing the telescope assembly in the space observatory that will become ...

Between slides depicting supernovas, galaxies, key figures in the field of astronomy and the three telescopes under STScI’s purview — the Hubble, James Webb and to-be-launched Nancy Grace Roman (no ...

A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga.

Astronomers believe that the Cone Nebula is an incubator for developing stars. Over time, the densest regions of the nebula will remain, and stars and planets may form there.

UGC 10043, a unique spiral galaxy located 150 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens, is observed edge-on by the Hubble Space Telescope, showcasing its disc as a sharp line with a ...