Located only 56 million light-years away in Ursa Major, NGC 4102 gives astronomers a nearby target to study how these active cores impact their host galaxies.

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announce the Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...

The Hubble Space Telescope was originally expected to last about 15 years in orbit, before its optical surfaces became too ...

A telescope meant to peer into distant galaxies revealed mysteries much closer to home. Hubble’s gaze uncovered new moons, ...

Hubble’s updated view of NGC 3370, richer in light and detail than ever before, deepens our understanding of both the galaxy and the cosmos itself. This new Hubble Picture of the Week highlights a ...

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) is investigating after Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, reported vandalism in his Washington, D.C. office that included a swastika. Images obtained by Politico show an American ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that were most likely built before the Late Bronze Age. These enormous structures ...

Researchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of Antarctica, raising concerns of an unknown positive climate feedback loop that could ...

A year after it sparked worldwide attention, scientists have settled one of Chicago’s strangest viral mysteries—revealing that the so-called “Chicago rat hole” was not actually made by a rat.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge repeatedly admonished prosecutors Tuesday after the government disclosed two new surveillance videos on the eve of trial for a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent.

It’s early yet in the James Comey case, but the former FBI director got a quick win on a procedural issue that reinforces the presiding judge’s refusal to allow needless delay in the criminal case ...

The largest of three newly found ring shaped structures in the cosmos are almost a million light-years across. Citizen scientists have found several new "odd radio circles<" or ORCs, in distant, ...