Energetic starlight is reshaping a vast molecular cloud 160,000 lightyears away. Hubble has captured a new generation of ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a clear panorama of Mars' Gale Crater in August, during the Martian winter when dust levels tend to be at their lowest. Curiosity’s mission continues to study whether ...

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A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the ...

The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum ...

Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept.

Astronomers have discovered something that shouldn't exist: a galaxy so jam-packed with stars that they smash into each other about once a month.

Since its discovery, astronomers have been frantically trying to gather as much information as they can about the newest ...

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been at the forefront of astronomical observation, and with the ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, astronomers detected a strange, fast-moving object racing toward the Sun. Named ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a dazzling view of N11, a massive star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.