A pulsating red star and its spectacular nebula have been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. What it is: The variable ...

A large amount of pyrene, a carbon-rich molecule known as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, has been found in a distant ...

The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming ...

The human species is ever-changing and so is our view of the universe.

Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe.

The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...

Astronomers observed that the two massive, gassy heavenly bodies orbit each other.

The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't ...

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications tech demo has completed several key milestones, culminating in sending a signal to ...

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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London, has operated for six decades, spotlighting the best nature images since 1965.

Aluminum for spacecraft interiors is passé; what space-farers apparently want is wood. That’s the bet from Vast, the makers of Haven-1, the world’s first commercial space station set to be ...