The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released a 42208 x 9870 pixel panoramic photo created by stitching together 600 images of the Andromeda Galaxy that it has taken over ...

University of Washington scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also transport ...

"Although there have been multiple efforts to understand the nature of dark energy, its composition, and its manifestation in the universe," one expert says, "we know embarrassingly little about it." ...

NASA is exploring the Pillars of Creation in Eagle Nebula (Messier 16 or M16) using the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. Here’s what it learned about star formations.

Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty. Now, NASA has ...

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Israeli scientists become first to chronicle earliest stages of supernova Astronomers from Weizmann Institute observe a star in nearby galaxy Messier 101 explode and ...

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All of Neptune's clouds have disappeared, astronomers announced this unexpected update on Thursday, August 17. For the first time in three decades, Neptune is almost completely cloud-free ...

Notably, the process gives birth to new stars. (NASA Hubblesite) This is Earendel, the most distant individual star photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA Hubblesite) These 5 galaxies ...

A dramatic new image of the Cone Nebula shows the pillar-like cloud of cold, star-forming molecular gas and dust in unprecedented detail.