The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the largest and most unusual protoplanetary disk ever ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

The Hubble Space Telescope could re-enter Earth earlier than predicted and perish in the next 3 years.

A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new ...

January is the best time of the year to see the Great Orion Nebula as it climbs high overhead in the winter sky. Look to the ...

What can you learn by gazing at the stars? Head to the UNK planetarium and find out. Friday's program is on ancient cultures ...

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured variable stars and circumstellar disks in NGC 1333, showing protostars, Orion variable stars, and reflection nebulae in the Perseus Molecular Cloud.

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...