A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

A team of astronomers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has released new data from an ...

"Asteroseismology with Roman is possible because we don't need to ask the telescope to do anything it wasn't already planning to do." ...

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May's latest book explores the history, mystery and evolution of galaxies in a way never tried ...

A baby galaxy is throwing one heck of a tantrum, and it's shaking up our understanding of the earliest galaxies.

Hubble’s striking view of NGC 4571 reveals a glittering spiral galaxy alive with newborn stars and glowing pink nebulae.

On Nov. 20, 1889, Edwin Hubble was born in Marshfield, Missouri. His 1923 observations of the Andromeda Galaxy and a Cepheid ...

Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and ...

The newly released Andromeda image represents a decade of careful tracking and uninterrupted observation. Scientists expected a crisp portrait of the neighboring galaxy, but the final scan revealed ...

Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

One reason for its renown is its fortunate overhead position each autumn. Probably another attraction is its mellifluous title. The galaxy M87 is bigger while Centaurus A is more mysterious. But none ...