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

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The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is literally parked 1 million miles away. In the nearly three years since it became operational, “Webb,” as it’s called, has made some incredible findings.

This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captures stunning views of ...

John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle ...

UCSB Physics Professor Roger Freedman held our attention three years ago as he explained the wonders and understanding that ...

From spellbinding images to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we look back on some of Hubble's most exciting milestones.

Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. Four ...

It wasn’t until NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) turned its eye to the scene that the story took an unexpected turn.

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.