In a spectacle that could rival Star Wars, astronomers have uncovered a breathtaking cosmic event dubbed the "Cosmic Joust," where two galaxies are merging 3.6 billion light-years ...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Dr. Jennifer Wiseman explains the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Pillars of Creation ...

The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is ...

Naturally, the aurora on our solar system's largest planet is hundreds of times brighter and more energetic than our own Northern lights.

Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to rise off Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, carrying a load that cannot be weighed with conventional scales. When the seven astronauts ride the ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image features a remote galaxy, which appears as a red arc that partially encircles a foreground ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image features a remote galaxy, which appears as a red arc that partially encircles a foreground ...

The project cancellation comes after NASA has already invested 15 years and $3.4 billion in the telescope, which is 90% complete.

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Astronomers are using Hubble to study vivid gas clouds and newborn stars in the tilted spiral galaxy NGC 3511.

The Hubble Space Telescope image of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts shows colorful stars, billowing gas clouds, and thick ...