For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

The next great space telescope will study distant galaxies and faraway planets from an orbital outpost about a million miles ...

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

Edwin Hubble's discovery of the expanding universe transformed cosmology, revealing countless galaxies and laying the ...

But the answer had to wait for the Hubble Space Telescope’s far vision in the legendary Hubble Deep Field in 1994. The most impactful finding is that Edwin Hubble's analysis showed that the farther ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace ...

The key NASA center remains under a mandatory evacuation order, but officials say both it and Mount Wilson are protected for ...

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace ...