The photos capture both our neighboring planets and galaxies far, far away in a stunning release to celebrate one of NASA’s ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and ...

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

For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken photos of celestial objects across the universe. Look back at 10 photos ...

NASA warns that dark energy could freeze the universe into darkness. Learn what the Big Freeze theory predicts for the cosmos ...

For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken photos of celestial objects across the universe. Look back at 10 photos ...

a celestial gem located in Aquarius. Once the very first image featured in the Hubble Picture of the Week series, M72 gets a vibrant update with enhanced data and ultraviolet imagery. This cluster’s ...

Humans do have hair all over their bodies, but it is generally sparser and finer than that of our hairier relatives. A notable exception is the hair on our heads, which likely serves to protect ...

Usually, scintillation arc studies uncover just one, or at most a handful of these arcs, giving a view of only the most extreme (densest or most turbulent) plasma structures in our galaxy.

Ever felt a tickle when something almost touches you? That’s your hair helping you detect things nearby. Humans do have hair all over their bodies, but it is generally sparser and finer than that of ...

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.