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A series of spectacular images of the cosmos has been released to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in space ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct ...

Hubble and JWST Join Forces to Create Most Colorful View of the Cosmos Ever See What the Hubble Space Telescope Saw on Your ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against ...

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...

Cosmologist Katie Mack breaks down what the latest findings about dark energy mean for our universe’s future. Either way, it ...

As humanity edges closer to civilian space travel, the question of which marijuana strains would be best suited for a journey ...