The telescopes at Lick may be vintage, but scientists at the observatory continue to discover new planets and examine ...

The Sombrero galaxy has long had a place in astronomical history as an intriguing object. The first written record of this ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a luminous tangle of stars and dust called the barred spiral galaxy NGC ...

The Hubble constant, a set number that connects a galaxy’s speed to its distance from Earth and tells us how fast the ...

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large ...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Dr. Jennifer Wiseman explains the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Pillars of Creation ...

Read Two views of the planet Uranus appear side-by-side for comparison. At the top, left corner of the left image is a ...

Six centuries ago, Admiral Zheng He commanded seven "treasure voyages" around Asia in the halcyon days of China's Ming ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa) . It has launched spectacularly ...

Now the most well-recognized and scientifically productive astronomical observatory in history, the Hubble Space Telescope first reached Earth orbit 35 years ago on April 24, 1990. A day later ...

WASHINGTON — The Hubble Space Telescope marked its 35th anniversary ... the moth-like planetary nebula NGC 2899, a spiral galaxy labeled NGC 5335 and a small portion of the Rosette Nebula ...