This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope, likely means the barred spiral galaxy, ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...

An international team of astrologers claim to have discovered a 'super Earth' that's bigger than our own blue planet but smeller than Neptune.

John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...

A year ago, in celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula. Also known as Messier 76 ...

Hubble launched into space, changing our view of the universe forever. See the latest stunning images released for its anniversary.

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

Marine phytoplankton — also known as ‘microalgae’ — live in the ocean (as the label “marine” suggests) and they generally die ...

Comet SWAN, hailing from the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto, may not have survived its recent trip past the sun and is fading fast.

Why it matters: University of Utah astronomers have used Hubble's images to find new (ish) black holes. How it works: When it ...