However, that isn’t what scientists see. Instead, stars orbit at about the same speed regardless of their distance from the galactic center. You might see this referred to as the "Galaxy Rotation ...

When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on Palomar Mountain near San Diego.

A camera affixed to the International Space Station recently spotted some curious symbols amid a barren desert landscape.

An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...

The initial report was based on observations from the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts. But the results created a lot of hubbub ...

The photo of a 9.5-light-year-long cloud within the Eagle Nebula celebrates the space telescope’s upcoming 35th birthday.

In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is continuing the celebrations with a new view of the Eagle Nebula. This vast stellar nursery ...

Today's rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the ...

Amid harsh cuts, the Trump administration has proposed canceling the nearly ready-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ...

The potential discovery of life elsewhere is down to the unprecedented sensitivity of Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a magnetar a supermagnetic neutron star speeding across our galaxy. Its name? SGR ...

A fog of long-wavelength infrared light could be produced by dusty, star-forming galaxies that have remained hidden — until ...