The American Astronomical Society is calling on all nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground. Their concern is that "obtrusive ...

On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory. This plate, ...

Over 30 years of discoveries, the Hubble Telescope has captured galaxies like never before—uncovering secrets of their formation, evolution, and beauty. Get ready to be amazed by the universe's ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy UGC 2890. The "galaxy lies around 30 million light-years ...

Astronomers warn that proposed changes to the space observatory's operational budget could decrease the amount of ...

NASA’s recent Image of the Day was the outer regions of the Tarantula Nebula, which is billed as one of the biggest and ...

Astrophysics and space research have fascinated humanity for centuries, unlocking secrets of the universe and driving ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

The program’s overall contract is worth up to $4.82 billion and over the next five years, Viasat will have a piece of that ...

Hubble has previously imaged the same nebula, with an image released in 2023 and another shared in 2020. You might also recognize the name of this nebula as it was made world famous when the James ...

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...