This week marks 35 years since Hubble first left Earth aboard the space shuttleDiscovery. Instead of receiving birthday ...

A new image released by NASA shows what could be a captivating — and terrifying — event roughly 650 light-years away: a dying white dwarf that may have taken a planet out with it. The observation was ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on March 4, 2025, the composite photo shows a potentially destructive white dwarf ...

Hubble and JWST Join Forces to Create Most Colorful View of the Cosmos Ever See What the Hubble Space Telescope Saw on Your ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has transformed astronomy, capturing breathtaking views of the universe. Here are 10 of its most iconic images.

Now, data from two X-ray telescopes, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, has uncovered the grim fate of a planet there. The Helix Nebula is called a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its infrared optics at the 'Crystal Ball Nebula' NGC 1514, a planetary nebula ...

Two years ago, a star on its deathbed was charged with a heinous act — eating a planet — in a system 12,000 light-years away ...

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images ...