Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

In the summer of 1995, Robert Williams, then director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the Hubble ...

From breathtaking snapshots of distant galaxies to game-changing discoveries about the universe’s expansion, the Hubble Space ...

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.

The aquatic-themed portrait highlights the galaxy’s swirling arms and bright core, which, thanks to Hubble’s advanced imaging ...

Dr. Patrick Durrell is part of an international team of astronomers who used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a rare ...

NASA is reaching out to the public to help classify thousands of galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of an object 9,000 light-years way known as IRAS 05506+2414. It "may be an example of an explosive event caused by the disruption of a massive young ...

It is a small area of the sky, equivalent to holding a square of one millimeter by one millimeter at arm’s length. But tens ...

Once a year, this planet passes through a celestial beehive typically seen in the night sky during the spring. And it's about ...

Space is full of surprises but few are as unique as the so-called "cotton candy planets." These young, giant exoplanets have an incredibly low density and are quite light and airy in weight that is ...

It's been floating above our planet for more than 50 years. But a satellite operated by the Soviets is finally set to crash ...