How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

This Hubble image shows part of planetary nebula Caldwell 2 (NGC 40). Gas is expanding from the central star, which is at the ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have studied one of the largest young star clusters in our galaxy, ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Hubble Space Telescope can "only see the universe in shades of grey," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Learn how the imagery is processed into amazing color views of the cosmos. Credit ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Science Central is offering an out-of-this-world exhibit for a limited time. The Hubble and Webb Telescope exhibit introduces people to the iconic Hubble photos and gives ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...