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 ...

Astronomers have determined that VVV CL001, a metal-poor globular cluster near the center of the Milky Way, is about 13.4 ...

Simulations suggest the faintest galaxies near the Milky Way share one iron level because a single giant first star exploded in each.

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 ...

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Good morning, this is Abel. Today's main story is the first close-up image taken by the European probe Hera of the binary ...

Discover how Webb's vivid image of N159 offers scientists a time machine to the universe's first light, revealing star ...

Over 1,400 students gathered in Hawaii recently to learn about astronomy as part of the annual Journey Through the Universe ...

NASA's Swift Observatory burned up this week. And while the agency has a lot of experience losing beloved hardware, it never ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun delivering its first scientific results. Among them is the discovery of new Milky Way ...

A magnetic dead star 860 light-years away is acting like a 'cosmic propeller', throwing its companion’s material back into ...

An exhilarating period for science,’ say UChicago scientists who played key role in telescope design and deployment ...