Astronomers are applying new image-processing techniques to previously released Hubble observations in honor of the space ...

Astronomers have tracked a mysterious magnetar, SGR 0501+4516, across the Milky Way, revealing it may not have formed in a ...

He wasn't wrong—the sun is 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. But what is that giant ball of fire in the sky? How ...

By analyzing data from NASA and the European Space Agency's Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

As part of ESA/Hubble's 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series ...

An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed just one billion years after the Big Bang and already shows a remarkably ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...

NASA's most powerful telescope has once again left scientists scratching their heads after challenging their understanding of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals turbulent environments found in Sagittarius C, a core part of our Milky Way galaxy.

New observations upended scientists' standing hypothesis about how a star would engulf a planet, causing its demise.