I expect to see the existence of extraterrestrial life confirmed within the next few years. When it happens, let the moment ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...

Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung stars. This iconic “Mexican hat” quietly forms almost no new stars while ...

"We've always known that we need something to complete the puzzle, but we haven't really known what shape or form those ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

Highly magnetic neutron star is wandering our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have tracked ...

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

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the charming Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the ...

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have found compelling evidence of a dark matter-deficient dwarf galaxy, FCC 224. This ultra-diffuse galaxy is located on the ...