Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

In the summer of 1995, Robert Williams, then director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the Hubble ...

From breathtaking snapshots of distant galaxies to game-changing discoveries about the universe’s expansion, the Hubble Space ...

The aquatic-themed portrait highlights the galaxy’s swirling arms and bright core, which, thanks to Hubble’s advanced imaging ...

Dr. Patrick Durrell is part of an international team of astronomers who used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a rare ...

FILE - An ilmenite open pit mine is seen in a canyon in the central region of Kirovohrad, 12 February 2025 ...

Once a year, this planet passes through a celestial beehive typically seen in the night sky during the spring. And it's about ...

It is a small area of the sky, equivalent to holding a square of one millimeter by one millimeter at arm’s length. But tens ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of an object 9,000 light-years way known as IRAS 05506+2414. It "may be an example of an explosive event caused by the disruption of a massive young ...

Space is full of surprises but few are as unique as the so-called "cotton candy planets." These young, giant exoplanets have an incredibly low density and are quite light and airy in weight that is ...

It's been floating above our planet for more than 50 years. But a satellite operated by the Soviets is finally set to crash ...

"It's like trying to spot a fish by looking for ripples in a pond, rather than trying to see the fish itself." ...