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

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

The Hubble Space Telescope marks its 35th anniversary with a stunning new image of the Sombrero Galaxy. This detailed view ...

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 ...

The leftover debris from history's most famous comet will once again streak across the skies over New York. The upcoming ...

Take a tour of the amazing Ring Nebula image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Institute for ...

Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. Four ...

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.

The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is literally parked 1 million miles away. In the nearly three years since it became operational, “Webb,” as it’s called, has made some incredible findings.

Our latest Humanist Society talk explored the latest round of understanding the universe through space observations. Humanist ...

The Hubble Space Telescope "opened a new window to the universe" when it launched into space. Now, 35 years later, NASA is ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the ...