On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "whirlpool galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or ...
A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...
Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones.
The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The ...
A new collage from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals eight dazzling examples of gravitational lensing.
It was spotted in the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, around 31 million light-years from our solar system in the constellation Leo.
Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...
Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...
The nearby satellite galaxy M32 can also be seen as a bright ball on the upper edge of Andromeda's disk while the milky ...
Seasonal delights and space do go together. Here's a first look at the Taste of Space: Fall Bites! offerings at Kennedy Space ...