In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released on ...

The universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous—and highly ...

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 ...

The work has revealed that Andromeda is a lot more chaotic than expected. Similar to what recently retired Gaia did for the ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...

James Woods has lost his Pacific Palisades home in the Southern California fires that continue to devastate parts of Los ...

A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the ...

Its most notable payload was NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which still orbits Earth to this day. Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at [email protected] ...

Last year was a big one for the space sector, marked by SpaceX’s building momentum, Boeing Co.’s Starliner struggles, and a slew of activity from a host of names. So what can we expect in 2025?

The object turned out to be space debris — junk left over from six decades of space exploration and a growing number of commercial launches, the Kenya Space Agency said Wednesday. It identified ...

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ... Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who ...