Hubble has previously imaged the same nebula, with an image released in 2023 and another shared in 2020. You might also recognize the name of this nebula as it was made world famous when the James ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside our galaxy.

Astronomers have detected fast-repeating radio bursts from a distant "dead" galaxy that should not contain the energy to ...

The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.

Astronomers have released the most comprehensive photograph of the Andromeda galaxy, which contains over 200 million stars.

Around 2015, astronomers took on the painstaking task of stitching together Hubble Space Telescope images of this galaxy, but that effort had focused on the galaxy's northern half. Still, however, the ...

Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Today’s 3 Brilliant Minutes is out of this world -- and out of this galaxy! A European Space Agency probe gives us new pictures of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. Brad ...

Panorama of Nearest Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars On a crisp, clear autumn night, you can see the most distant object visible to the naked eye — the stunning Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky ...

At a time where many distracted themselves by looking down, maybe at a screen or a new bread recipe, fifth-year physics ...