This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...

That Rich was presenting the story of Edwin Hubble at the January 2025 AAS meeting was symbolic, for it was at the 33rd ...

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two ...

The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble ...

Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way. And it is getting closer, as the two will merge in several billion ...

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...

On this week's episode: ancient human ancestors didn't eat meat, carbon caught in a cosmic conveyer belt, robotic bees pollinating crops, and the incredibly rare marsupial mole gets a checkup.

Spacewalks, also known as EVAs (extravehicular activities), are a crucial part of space exploration. From routine maintenance to historic firsts, here are 10 Most Iconic Spacewalks.

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

NASA is one step closer to scanning exoplanet atmospheres with the Pandora mission. This satellite is well on its way to ...