In an awe-inspiring image recently released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the Hubble Space Telescope has ...

On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed into Earth’s orbit, beginning a decades-long venture into ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Study uses computer model to predict existence of habitable zones in white dwarf star systems A research team led by the ...

In May 2020, astronomers observed a planetary engulfment for the first time that they believed was caused by a star expanding to become a red giant–swallowing an orbiting planet in the process.

Astronomers found a fast-moving 'zombie star' in the Milky Way. This magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, has a strong magnetic ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct ...

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of our favorite images it has ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

Astronomers have confirmed a wandering black hole, about seven times the mass of the Sun, 5,000 light-years from Earth.

Searching for signs of life in the solar system and beyond has long been a quest for astronomers and scientists across a ...