The record-breaking galaxy is revealing secrets about the first stars and their unexpected chemical fingerprints.

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

The Phantom Galaxy (M74) has been imaged in infrared and optical light using the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. The spiral galaxy is about 32 million light-years from Earth.

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the centennial of quantum mechanics’ framework, Hubble’s 35th anniversary and the legacy of Kanzi the bonobo.

Dark matter is more than five times as abundant as all the visible matter in the universe. So why can't we see any of it?

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 ...

Star projectors can be wondrous to behold, turning a room into a starry display, awash with colors, nebulas and more. But as ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered ...

In April, the scientific world—and the public—was abuzz with the thrilling news that a distant planet called K2-18b might ...