Hubble has released a new image of Messier 30, known as M30, a globular cluster about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. NASA published the picture on Nov. 5 alongside a note ...

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an ...

The James Webb Telescope has mapped an egg-shaped atmosphere on a distant giant planet, revealing distortions caused by ...

Discover how astronomers unraveled a 170-year mystery around the 70 Ophiuchi AB star system, revealing the true nature of its ...

A figure in red trudges across a blanket of white. Snow squeaks under the scientist's feet, too dry to be slick or soft. Only ...

The UK is 14th most light-polluted country, but in south-west England the veil is lifted at the dark skies festival ...

The evening of Oct. 9 proved crisp, clear and dark, the Milky Way trailing overhead and the lights of Laramie twinkling far ...

A new study says a proposed instrument on the Extremely Large Telescope could study star clusters around faint, puffy ...

There’s a canyon in Texas that most people drive right past without ever knowing it exists, and that’s genuinely their loss.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has discovered two previously unknown Milky Way companions, hinting at the potential ...

Nov. 6, 2026 After nearly 22 years of exploring the universe’s most violent explosions, NASA’s Swift Observatory has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over Indonesia. Originally designed to last just two ...