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 ...

Star-forming galaxies, including ours, are rich in elements - and secrets. Stars come to life fastest in the early histories ...

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 ...

Boca Chica, Texas, is home to SpaceX’s flagship assembly and test installation, Starbase. Since 2021, I have been conducting ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is slated for its inaugural launch early Thursday morning from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The 3-hour window opened at 1 a.m.

The two astronauts have a busy day ahead of them. Hague and Williams will "patch light leaks in the NICER X-ray telescope, ...

Space Communications Specialist Alexandra Doten, AKA Astro Alexandra, on the gear designed for future space travel, what will ...

From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA ...

Researchers have unveiled a cosmic cycle where carbon, created in the explosions of stars, travels through space via a ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease ...

The team used Hubble data to analyze the CGM of 11 star-forming galaxies, finding strong signals of carbon as far as 391,000 ...