A recent study has suggested the possibility of life on the exoplanet K2-18b, located about 120 light-years from Earth. , ...

This photo of M16 is the latest redux image published to mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, which ...

A reddish star is about to pass through a "beehive" of stars. That "star" is actually one of Earth's planetary neighbors.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured and amazing view of the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104). The galaxy is ...

The sun might be responsible for light and life on Earth, but it can also be terrifying. The first image from the brand new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar ...

Researchers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced they had detected biosignature gases on planet ...

Robert Lee Hotz covered new research and its impact on society for The Wall Street Journal.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI/Cover Images To commemorate the 35th anniversary of its launch into orbit, NASA’s Hubble Space ...

The close alignment of Venus, Saturn, and a crescent moon created a formation resembling a smiling face during a rare cosmic event.

The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...

In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch ...

Regarded by many as NASA’s most successful science mission, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space aboard the ...