For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...
The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...
"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...
The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous -- and highly debated -- results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predicted by ...
When Pagan and DePasquale first receive the images, they appear in black and white. The colors are added to the image later, ...
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...
The stars aligned for the planetarium's dome to become the backdrop for four readings of 'REDshift,' by playwright Chalmers ...
Edwin Hubble was the first astronomer to take the initial steps that would ultimately lead to the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing a seemingly infinite ocean of galaxies. He thought that, despite ...