"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

A blue dwarf galaxy pitched through the bullseye's galactic neighborhood 50 million years ago, leaving behind nine glittering ...

The powerful Webb with its incredible sensitivity observed dust grains the size of bacteria, which will eventually coalesce ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's new image spotlights dust grains in a distant protoplanetary disk, allowing astronomers to ...

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

(CNN) – A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows what is nicknamed “The Bullseye.” Its real name is Gargantuan ...

A small blue dwarf galaxy passed through the massive Bullseye galaxy. This impact created nine rings of new stars.

Major General Charles Bolden Jr. spoke about his experience as an astronaut during the Tate Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in ...

So-called ring galaxies are extremely rare in the Universe, and they are thought to be the result of a very specific set of circumstances. Although space is mostly empty, galaxies are drawn together ...