Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about 110 light-years from Earth. Credit: Space.com / animations courtesy: ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE mission, to make infrared observations. This was the latest in a line of space-based, infrared observatories, and it cost about ...

Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of astronomers over the centuries. Originally discovered in the 1700s by ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

The unusual galaxy was profiled in two complimentary studies. The first study, led by Doctoral Candidate Yimeng Tang of the University of California, Santa Cruz and published in the journal ...

A new study reports the first direct observation of merging star clusters in the nuclear region of dwarf galaxies. This ...

In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the ...

A new study reports the first direct observation of merging star clusters in the nuclear region of dwarf galaxies. This ...

A new study reports the first direct observation of merging star clusters in the nuclear region of dwarf galaxies. This detection confirms the feasibility of this formation route for nuclei in dwarf ...

Telescopes Allow Visual Time Travel . It may sound like science fiction, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that telescopes ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.