When the two neutron stars collide, the initial kilonova of exploded neutron star guts is extremely hot, billions of degrees, ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...

Data collected by Hubble has also revealed a live Type I supernova called SN 2017GAX, which can be seen tucked just below the crook of one of the galaxy’s two prominent spiral arms, near the bottom ...

Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has given humanity a unique window to observe the distant universe, free from the limitations of ...

NGC 1672, a stunning barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado, puts on a dazzling ...

A traveling exhibit will be on display at the Putnam Museum with a close-up view of the stars. NASA’s Hubble: New Views of ...

Hubble Space Telescope imagery Neptune has revealed that the planet's clouds are disappearing. Credit: NASA Goddard Space ...

Two far-away galaxies have been described as “blood-soaked eyes” by NASA after the Hubble and James Webb Space telescopes ...

Black hole in ULAS J1120+0641 has record mass compared to its galaxy. Quasar's black hole is 1.4 billion solar masses, half its galaxy's mass. Astronomers used JWST to uncover details about this ...

Webb's high-resolution instruments uncover distant objects, enabling studies of early stars, galaxies, and habitable ...