The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket treated stargazers in Europe to a surprise display on the night of June 23, when ...

A stunning nebula and a sky dotted full of stars and dancing galaxies are in a set of three images released by the Vera C.

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the stunning Sombrero Galaxy (M104), known for its bright central bulge and ...

In its debut, the telescope turned its eye toward two familiar showstoppers in deep space: the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas in ...

The Ring Nebula (M57 ... Notice that ghostly glow illuminating the entire lunar disk? That's earthshine — sunlight that bounces off Earth, hits the moon's dark side, and reflects back to our eyes.

Astronomers spent 50 hours using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope in Chile to map out the galaxy. The telescope, which is very powerful, is able to see much more than ...

The night sky in July a phenomenon that reminds skywatchers how remarkable it is just to be alive and to experience such ...

When it comes to telescopes, there are no bigger names than Hubble and Webb, but why have two space telescopes anyway, how ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability ...