One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

An aspiring naval officer Olivia Achenbach from the United States Naval Academy has unveiled surprising characteristics of ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a marvel of modern astronomy, has captured some of the most breathtaking images of star ...

The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...

The name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that ...

Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be ...

The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings ...

Hubble Space Telescope can "only see the universe in shades of grey," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Learn ...

This nebula, officially known as Hen 2-104, is located several thousand light-years from Earth in the southern hemisphere ...

The shadow is projected large upon the cloud in which the Sun-like star was born. In this Hubble image, the feature — ...

The latest Picture of the Week from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 ...