PARIS: Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant star, offering ...

According to the team's measurements, the comet's nucleus is around a whopping 128 kilometers (80 miles) across, making it bigger than the state of Rhode Island, and far larger than its closest ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community ...

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has caputured new imagery of 9.5 light-years tall portion the Eagle Nebula, located 7000 ...

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources ...

There’s a new stop along the popular tour at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, and it presents views that showcase ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been one of humanity's most incredible tools for unlocking the secrets of the universe. For ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

Both cameras are far more sensitive than the standard cameras used on Earth. NIRCam and MIRI can detect the tiniest amounts ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

There’s a new stop along the popular tour at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, and it presents views that showcase ...