Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

This rare quasar with spiral arms could help astronomers understand how supermassive black holes feed and grow.

Discover the fascinating story of the 'blue lurker,' a mysterious star in the M67 star cluster studied by NASA's Hubble ...

Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...

The universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous—and highly ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...

The work has revealed that Andromeda is a lot more chaotic than expected. Similar to what recently retired Gaia did for the ...

A six-planet alignment or parade will form an arc in the early night sky, peaking in it's visibility Jan. 17-18. We let you ...