For the first time, astronomers have observed a daily weather cycle on a planet, showing thick clouds in the morning and a ...

With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio ...

A striking new image of the Whirlpool Galaxy is helping astronomers solve one of the biggest mysteries in star formation.

The Milky Way's galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets, and other free-floating objects. This region has been studied for ...

The nebula is a star-forming region located about 5,000 light-years from Earth. Hubble first imaged this cosmic phenomenon in 1997 and revisited it with an improved camera. The new image helps ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 36th anniversary in space. NBC News' Morgan Chesky talks to Senior Scientist Dr. Pamela Gay on what we have learned from ...