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

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

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

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 ...

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.

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

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?

The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is ...

This image highlights two giant stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, in the Trumpler 16 cluster, nestled inside the Carina Nebula — a glowing cloud of gas and stars about 7,500 light-years away in the Carina ...

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they'd found a molecule in a faraway planet's atmosphere that ...

Naturally, the aurora on our solar system's largest planet is hundreds of times brighter and more energetic than our own Northern lights.