The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...

Pettit posted his striking footage on social media on Tuesday. The American astronaut used a wide-angle lens to get the ...

Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...

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SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31), sending a crew of four spaceflight rookies into an orbit never ...

Relativistic jets are some of the universe's most powerful particle accelerators, and they're not typically found in spiral galaxies. Adding to the mystery was the size of J2345-0449's black hole, ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...

Scientists at Northumbria University have successfully captured images of auroras on Neptune using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.