The observatory’s software will automatically compare new images with older ones and generate an estimated 10 million alerts ...

Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds—or Fermi bubbles—at the Milky ...

NASA's retired Space Shuttle Discovery could be on the move from Virginia to Texas under a provision in the GOP's so-called ...

Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic ...

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

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Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

In an unprecedented move, every living former head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has united to oppose a dramatic 47% ...

Particular stars called Cepheid variables allow astronomers to determine distance, and Hubble spotted one of these within M31 ...

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 captured the star cluster Liller 1, a 30,000 light-year distant system that formed stars over 11 ...

Space telescopes like Hubble and Webb have dramatically changed the way we explore the universe, offering unparalleled views ...