With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere ...

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...

New NASA breakthroughs in space observation reveals black holes firing jets at nearly light speed and ancient cosmic events ...

NASA scientists found evidence of darkness on the 'leading side' of Uranus' moons, which they expected to be bright.

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort ...

As scientists search for worlds that may be habitable for life, they’ve discovered a type that is common in the universe — but doesn’t exist in our own solar system. These enigmatic planets are called ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface of Venus. A family of asteroids share the planet's orbit, and two new studies suggest that one day the space rocks could ...

An artist’s impression of ten hot planets similar to Jupiter outside our solar system that scientists have detected. Creative liberties were taken for the colors of the planets, which are ...

Only eight planets call our solar system home. ... those dots of light in the sky appear to move relative to the background stars. This meaning, then, would also include the sun and moon, ...