"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ...

Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a vibrant spiral galaxy called NGC 5042 resides about 48 million light-years ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430, situated 100 million light-years from Earth in the Leo Minor constellation.

NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to ...

The Flame Nebula, located 1,400 light-years from Earth, is a region where many stars are forming and is less than a million ...

The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...

Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation theories.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The starburst galaxy NGC 4536, seen here in a photo by the Hubble Space Telescope, has bright ...