The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

A sonification of the Milky Way galaxy's core has been turned into sheet music. Find out how it was done. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Jubett ...

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A new University of Kansas survey of distant galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen star ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface; Scientists have analyzed a ...

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

A team of astronomers has detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA | edited by Space.com ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

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Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...