This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals new details in Messier 82 (M82), home to brilliant stars whose light is ...

Anyone hungry for the icy crunch of a Pluto -like body? No? Well, one nearby white dwarf is going all in on a Pluto-esque ...

This vivid new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope showcases the asymmetric spiral galaxy Messier 96, revealing its shining pink rings of newborn stars and the dramatic impact of cosmic ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter have been "photo-mapped onto a sphere," and animated into a full rotation, according ...

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings.

NGC 2775, a galaxy 67 million light-years away, is puzzling astronomers with its mix of traits. The Hubble Space Telescope has released a new Picture of the Week, and this time the spotlight is on a ...

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ...

This ghostly galaxy was first observed in 1780 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain, who worked with renowned comet hunter ...

A new class of supermassive black holes embedded in a thick gas shell could explain small red dots in images from the James ...

Astronomers are trying to determine what caused a series of gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, ...