The Eagle Nebula (M16) is a star-forming region in the Milky Way galaxy. It's home to the famous "Pillars of Creation" and is located in the constellation Serpens. The Eagle Nebula is a giant ...

Learn about NASA's SPHEREx mission, which will launch on March 4, 2025 to study the universe's early history and search the ...

For decades, scientists have studied small satellite galaxies to better understand how the universe’s smallest galaxies ...

A nearby galaxy is ablaze with new stars in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 planets beyond our own solar system. Here's how — and how we'll find even more.

The accidental second discovery was made in the 1960s. At the time NASA was running Project Echo. This involved putting large ...

A team of astronomers has found the first binary star system, D9, near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. Previously ...

The $488-million mission is set to map the sky in 102 colors of light, probing cosmic inflation, galactic ices, and the history of the universe’s first light.

Hubble's study reveals Andromeda experienced major galactic collisions, unlike Milky Way. Its satellite galaxies show unusual ...

Milky Way photography can yield some stunning shots from here on Earth. But what if you had a vantage point at some 400km ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...

NASA and SpaceX are set to launch the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions on March 4, aiming to explore cosmic origins and the Sun’s ...