Optical interferometry has been a long-proven science method that involves using several separate telescopes to act as one ...

A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...

Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers says scientists are ‘in striking distance’ of finding life on an exoplanet ...

What will look like a new star in the sky will actually be a nova — an exploding star, NASA says. Here's how to see it.

Smile for the camera! An interaction between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy, collectively known as Arp 107, seems to have given the spiral a happier outlook thanks to the two bright “eyes” ...

JWST’s images of these far-away star-forming regions showed high resolution and the scientists were able to differentiate ...

An explosion in space so massive you'll be able to look up and see it in the night sky without a telescope could happen "any ...

NASA images: Stars may give a twinkling appearance when spotted with a naked eye from the Earth. Ever wondered what these balls of gas and dust actually look like? NASA's Hubble Space Telescope ...

This is a combined image from Hubble and the James Webb space telescope. The galaxy is located about 130 million light-years ...

Among the Milky Way’s outskirts is a firecracker show of star formation. How do environmental factors affect the star ...

This may be an unsustainable path for NASA, one that imperils long-term success. That is the conclusion of a sweeping report, ...

A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...