Using the Hubble Space Telescope and an array of other instruments, astronomers have probed supernova wreckage in the Large ...

This wreckage has a ring-like structure that is around 26 light-years in diameter — that's wide enough to fit the entire solar system across it about nine times! One of the mysteries that ...

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

Its stunning imagery inspired people across the globe, and the data behind those images revealed surprises about everything from early galaxies to planets in our own solar system," Shawn Domagal ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

Solar Wave Squeezed Jupiter's Magnetic Shield to ... of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images ...

Astronomers have spotted an immensely powerful "zombie star" shooting through the Milky Way at more than ... not expected to get anywhere near the solar system. The discovery challenges what ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells made out of simulated Moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into ...