Hubble
Scientists Discover Most Distant Star That Humans Have Ever Seen
"Earendel" was spotted about 900 million years after the universe was born, making it by far the most distant star ever seen.
Hubble Captures Object Shooting Powerful Energy Jet Across the Cosmos
The rare phenomenon, known as a Herbig–Haro (HH) object, put on a spectacular light show.
Scientists Are Launching a Massive Helium Balloon to Measure Dark Matter
The SuperBIT telescope will be launched on a balloon with the same volume as a football stadium and will measure the properties of mysterious dark matter.
The Hubble Telescope Is Back Online a Month After Going Dark
Science operations are expected to resume within days, according to the mission team.
NASA Is Launching a $10 Billion 'Time Machine'
The James Webb Telescope will peer farther back into the universe's history than ever before and is the "ultimate time machine," scientists say.
Scientists Think They’ve Found a New Type of Star-Destroying Black Hole
A new analysis of Hubble data has revealed the best candidate yet for a type of black hole that nobody has seen yet, and it gave itself away by tearing a star apart.
We Actually Live Inside a Huge Bubble in Space, Physicist Proposes
What if the Earth, the galaxy, and all the galaxies near us were enclosed in a weirdly empty bubble? This scenario could resolve some longstanding questions about the nature of the universe.
These Dark Matter 'Clumps' Help Explain the Material That Makes Up Most of the Universe
The shadowy entities are about 10,000 to 100,000 times smaller than the dark matter halo of the Milky Way.
NASA Captured Stunning New Images of the Interstellar Comet in Our Solar System
Unlike ʻOumuamua, the first interstellar object ever detected, comet 2I/Borisov is radiant and gassy.
Astronomers Officially Name the Newest Moon of Neptune
Hippocamp may have been forged by the fallout of an impact billions of years ago.
Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Known ‘Exomoon’
A new study suggests that the Jupiter-sized planet Kepler-1625b may host a Neptune-sized moon.
Roll Your Blunts and Take a Trip Through the Orion Nebula
A close-up view of one of the night sky’s most spectacular features.