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Like how the Earth keeps the Moon bound on a gravitational tether, our nearest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy (M31), ...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is gearing up to unlock the deepest secrets of the universe with three ...
UCSB Physics Professor Roger Freedman held our attention three years ago as he explained the wonders and understanding that ...
From spellbinding images to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we look back on some of Hubble's most exciting milestones.
Exactly 35 years ago this week, the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo hatch. Four new images prove it's still going strong.
Astrophotographer Ron Brecher has captured a stunning deep sky image of the spiral galaxy M106, located 23.5 million light ...
View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.
Astronomers have spotted a magnetar, SGR 0501+4516, hurtling through the Milky Way at an incredible speed. This "zombie star" ...
Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...
In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of our favorite images it has ...
In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...
To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.