"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a million years." ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a glittering blue dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 (Mrk 178). The galaxy ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy ...

The discovery of two remarkable substellar companions orbiting distant stars has been announced by an international team of ...

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Check out the first findings from the Subaru Telescope.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This barred spiral galaxy NGC 2283 exhibits a bright central bar of stars encircled by loosely ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

"For the first time, we see the creation of atoms; we can measure the temperature of the matter and see the microphysics in this remote explosion." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

According to Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, President Emeritus & Professor of History, "The telescope represents the future, man's continuing quest to find meaning in the universe. Why are we here, on this ...