A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered exoplanet GJ 1214 b, situated 48 light-years away in the constellation ...

Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, which usually appears dark-red, can be seen shining a lurid blue color in an ultraviolet ...

The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align in a line in the sky. Although most of these planets will be ...

In its 34 years orbiting the Earth, NASA’s mighty Hubble Space Telescope has discovered trillions of galaxies within the universe. One, however, stands stars and nebulae above the rest. The ...

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. The camera pans along the Andromeda Galaxy's vast disk which is over 200,000 light-years across. (Credit: ...

Hubble Space Telescope image of an ultraviolet view of ... This month, Jupiter will appear lined up in the sky alongside Mars, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, in a so-called "planetary parade".

Over more than ten years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken individual images of the Andromeda Galaxy, which have now been put together to form the largest mosaic of our neighboring galaxy.

100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when ...

Venus and Saturn Conjunction A highlight of the celestial event is the Venus-Saturn conjunction, which began on Saturday, 18 ...

An image of Venus taken by Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope. In this image, Venus is just beginning its journey across the face of the Sun. Its atmosphere is visible as a thin, glowing border on ...