For years now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has had its fair share of brushes with death. The groundbreaking observatory launched into low-Earth orbit 36 years ago, and it’s now been operational two ...

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The universe is overrun with dark matter, outweighing the ordinary stuff that stars and planets are made of five-to-one. But some corners of the cosmos are more dominated by the invisible substance ...

A searchlight shines through concentric circles of fresh stardust ejected by a dying star in this beautiful new image of the Egg Nebula. The dramatic scene, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope's evidence of an "intermediate-sized" black hole about 6000 light-years away in the closest globular star cluster to our home planet. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Dr. Jennifer Wiseman explains the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Pillars of Creation, located in the Eagle Nebula. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Astronomers have uncovered one of the most mysterious galaxies ever found — a dim, ghostly object called CDG-2 that is almost entirely made of dark matter. Located 300 million light-years away in the ...

Space scientists have revealed a jaw-dropping image of a cosmic cat's eye. A new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features one of the most visually intricate remnants of a dying star: the Cat’s ...

HOUSTON, TX -A seven-year-old girl in Lucknow stood in her backyard at dawn in October 1957, watching Sputnik streak across the sky. Nearly seven decades later, that child would help steer some of ...

In the wrong hands, artificial intelligence (AI) can do a lot of damage. But when used wisely, it can be a massive force for good in our society. AI already helps doctors spot diseases—sometimes even ...

The Cat’s Eye Nebula known as NGC 6543. (ESA/Hubble & NASA et al. via SWNS) By Dean Murray Space scientists have revealed a jaw-dropping image of a cosmic cat's eye. A new NASA/ESA Hubble Space ...