Nasa is tracking a potentially devastating “zombie star” as it races through our galaxy at more than 177,000kmh. The immensely dense object is one of 30 known magnetars in the Milky Way, which are the ...

"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

UCSB Physics Professor Roger Freedman held our attention three years ago as he explained the wonders and understanding that ...

Spoiler warning: Below there will be information about today's New York Times Strands puzzle.

Study uses computer model to predict existence of habitable zones in white dwarf star systems A research team led by the ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

That’s us.’ From Pale Blue Dot (1994) by Carl Sagan. Photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech But what, exactly, should we make of ...

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

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of our favorite images it has ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...