In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

Tripathi presented a comprehensive inaugural lecture on solar astrophysics, discussing sunspots, solar cycles, space weather, ...

In a breathtaking new photograph shared by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the sun rises behind the Extremely Large ...

A team of scientists from MIT introduced a novel strategy and manufacturing process called atomic lift-off that enables the ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson was the second destination on the NASA mission’s itinerary — and its size and shape were not what scientists expected.

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.

Hubble’s three-and-a-half-decade lifetime has allowed astronomers to observe cosmic objects over extended periods to see how ...

"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

Regarded by many as NASA’s most successful science mission, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space aboard the ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy ...

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...