Officially designated MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star 1 (nicknamed Icarus), this star is the farthest ever seen. Now, we’ve seen galaxies further away (with ...

NASA always drops big news, but today was special. Seven Earth-sized exoplanets around a single star. Located 40 light-years away (that’s about 235 ...

One of Hubble’s most famous images is the Hubble Deep Field. 324 separate exposures taken over a ten-day span in December 1995 put ...

NASA is teasing big news about Europa. Next Monday, the space agency will hold a media call to discuss what they call “evidence ...

Astronomers know comets disintegrate during their long, meandering journey through our solar system. We usually see a comet’s life end as they swing ...

This is a section of space near Abell S1063. A galaxy cluster sitting four billion light years away. It makes a great picture ...

Perspective is everything. Even for the Hubble Space Telescope. As July 4th, approaches and all the hilarious mishaps that come with it (seriously ...

200 million light years from Earth, scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole that is hard to explain. Your average supermassive black hole, ...

Astronomers are hyped for the next generation of telescopes, and rightfully so. The James Webb Space Telescope, and others, will open the farthest ...

More than 1,000 exoplanets have been spotted by scientists using the Kepler telescope. And, finding them is a chore. Scientists keep a close ...

The latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope is amazing. Aren’t they all? This time around we get an extraordinary look at Trumpler ...

NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes are impressive pieces of hardware. But even they need a little help from time to time. Astronomers ...