Carbon, the essential building block of life, has a remarkable origin story. Nearly all elements beyond hydrogen and helium, ...

Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project captured this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion.

And since it’s home to two of the world’s 22 dark sky sanctuaries, it’s a prime place to appreciate the cosmic universe, ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

For the first time, a new study confirms that circumgalactic medium (CGM) doesn’t just contain “hot gases enriched in oxygen” ...

On York Boulevard in Los Angeles, a blurred black hole hangs on a dark wall, joined only by a pair of headphones playing ...

Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars. Nearly all elements except ...

Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars. Nearly all elements except hydrogen and helium ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

Exploration refers to the act of searching for new territories, resources, and knowledge, often driven by economic, political ...

Two major meteor showers will grace our skies in 2025: the Eta Aquariids and the Geminids. The Eta Aquariids peak on the ...

Hubble made no claims about a creator, but his discoveries and the wonder they evoke have prompted others to reconsider ‘the ...