This March 16, 2026, image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the ...

A new study has found that a hidden bias in galaxy models can skew gravitational-wave measurements of how fast the universe is expanding. That finding complicates one of astronomy’s most promising ...

The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, a discovery that could relieve a pesky discrepancy ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years of incredible discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy.

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, winding spiral arms and ongoing star formation. Ellipticals ...

The discovery of CDG-2 began when a team of astronomers investigated tight groupings of stars called globular clusters, which can often indicate the presence of a hidden population of dim stars in ...

Humanity has always been fascinated by space. We are able to see the universe with breathtaking clarity because of NASA's ...

Behind the dusty clouds of the Cigar Galaxy lies a dazzling powerhouse of star formation, where stars are being born ten times faster than in the Milky Way. Astronomers using the Hubble Space ...