The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

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Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

Witness the awe-inspiring cosmic event of our Milky Way galaxy colliding with the Andromeda galaxy. Harvard sues the Trump ...

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

Astronomers have found more ORCs in the years since those initial discoveries, and some of them also appear to have a galaxy ...

The beauty spot has been named as one of the top destinations in the UK to immerse yourself in 'nature's paradise' and has ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

Travel experts have named the National Park among the top destinations in the UK for nature lovers to explore, as well as the ...