As explained in a pre-press paper [PDF] titled “Discovery of a dwarf planet candidate in an extremely wide orbit: 2017 OF201” ...

For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the ...

Scientists have long puzzled over a discrepancy in how fast the universe is expanding, but new, sharper data from the James ...

In a newly shared image, NASA has uncovered a unique view of our solar system's largest planet. The picture, snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope ... sky alongside Mars, Venus, Saturn, Uranus ...

Astronomers knew there were other planets in our solar system even ... After all, such incredible views require things like ...

On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched onboard Space ... opportunity to study the ever-changing atmosphere of the planets, the multitude of interesting moons, evolution of ...

Though you won't get the same views with your eyes as you do with instruments like Hubble, JWST, or even a backyard telescope, there are still plenty of cool things to look at in the night sky with ...

SEE ALSO: Soviets were headed to Venus in 1972. The spacecraft is about to return. The Hubble Space Telescope ... Unlike a planet or star, black holes don't have surfaces. Instead, they have ...

For this new study, the scientists relied on updated galaxy measurements to factor in the gravitational pull on the Milky Way ...

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits ... largely free of the absorbing and blurring effects of our planet’s atmosphere. A key attribute that differentiates ...

During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope ... the Hubble Space Telescope. These conditions classify the exoplanet as being in what astronomers refer to as the habitable zone — where planets ...