Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda. But a new study complicates the story.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense star-forming regions, revealing that Earth-like planets can form even ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense star-forming regions, revealing that Earth-like planets can form even ...

Data from the 1990s' Hubble Space Telescope launch saw estimates ranging from 7 billion to 20 billion years. It was only later that a consensus was reached, placing the age at 13.8 billion years.

What you’re looking for is a round area just slightly brighter than the surrounding star field. Tapping on your telescope’s tube may help your eye to pick it out more easily.

As the data from each image is quickly shuffled to the observatory’s computer servers, the telescope will pivot to the next patch of sky, taking a picture every 40 seconds or so. It will do that ...

Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Trump remakes the White House with new flagpoles Jeremy Allen White ...

The universe keeps hiding most of its mass, yet it leaves telltale fingerprints. Astronomers are about to read them with NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, slated to launch in 2027. Roman’s ...

Scientists leading a high-priority observing program with NASA ’s James Webb Space Telescope have added two more rocky planets outside the solar system to their shortlist.

Noelia Noël, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Surrey in the U.K., told Space.com that up to 40% of the images captured by the Vera Rubin telescope over its 10-year mission are ...

NASA's car-sized Perseverance rover has been roaming the surface of Mars for four years, drilling into the alien soil to collect dirt it places in tubes and leaves on the ground.