"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

Spoiler warning: Below there will be information about today's New York Times Strands puzzle.

From spellbinding images to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we look back on some of Hubble's most exciting milestones.

Scientists are investigating the number of super-Earths compared to Neptune-sized planets in other solar systems. Their research suggests that super-Earths are at least as common as Neptune-sized ...

That’s us.’ From Pale Blue Dot (1994) by Carl Sagan. Photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech But what, exactly, should we make of ...

UCSB Physics Professor Roger Freedman held our attention three years ago as he explained the wonders and understanding that ...

Mueller State Park sits quietly near the tiny town of Divide, Colorado, about 30 miles west of Colorado Springs, yet somehow manages to fly under the radar of even lifelong Coloradans. How is this ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...