The time-lapse footage was captured by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim has posted his first time-lapse ...

Dark matter affects how stars move within galaxies, how galaxies build up over time, and how everything in the universe is held together—but no existing tool has directly detected it. While dark ...

Sometimes even scientists get lucky. Yale University astronomer Imad Pasha was scanning some ground-based images when he stumbled across a galaxy boasting several rings. Because the object's name, ...

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's CODEX (Coronal Diagnostic Experiment) investigation have successfully evaluated the instrument's first images, revealing the speed and temperature of material ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So ...

Globular clusters are typically home to older populations of stars, mostly residing in the dusty outskirts of galaxies. Cat's paw nebula: This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the ...

NASA released a photo of Jupiter that shows the planet in a whole new light. This new look at the gas giant is from the Hubble Space Telescope, a low-orbit observatory that was launched in 1990 ...

People who appreciate good astrophotography will no doubt be familiar with the work of Don Pettit, a veteran NASA ... image may be the best picture ever taken from the International Space Station.

New imagery has been released from NASA’s Hubble Space ... between star-forming clouds and the stars themselves.” When astronomers view an object millions of light-years away, the image ...

Don Pettit has a long history of inventing new tools for use in space. Astronauts are many things. They're often scientists, engineers, or pilots. And in the case of NASA astronaut Don Pettit ...

More people probably know the names of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the astronauts currently “stranded” on the International Space Station, than Bill Nelson, the current NASA administrator.

Be wowed by a beautiful space ... of star trails captured from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit's astrophotography skills were on full display in a new image he shared ...