Hubble had been in space for less than two years when its Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph detected traces of boron in a not-too-distant star. At an estimated age of 14.5 billion years, the star ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don't go looking for it -- the flickering star is 2.2 million ...

Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly the angular size of the full moon. What backyard observers don't ...

Arp 184, also known as NGC 1961, is a ‘peculiar galaxy’ located 190 million light-years away. The Hubble Space Telescope’s latest image is one of its most beautiful ever. The eye-catching portrait of ...

A strange chemical signature in old Hubble observations may point to a planet that formed after its star had already died. Astronomers found unusually high levels of niobium around the white dwarf HS ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on Sept. 19, marking another milestone for an observatory that continues to transform our understanding of the universe. Hubble ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Hubble observations have revealed a dramatic, 10-sided jet surrounding Saturn's south pole, and it appears to be evolving ...

Photo Credits: NASA This captivating image by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the supernova remnant L249, formed after the death of a white dwarf star. Photo Credits: NASA Check out this ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been in orbit around Earth for 35 years. The most famous telescope in history has reached a major milestone — it’s 35 years old. The Hubble Space Telescope launched on a ...

It’s well established that the universe is expanding, but there’s serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it’s happening. Two of our best ways of measuring the cosmic expansion rate, the ...