Hubble's image of NGC 3603 reveals a young star cluster and a cavity formed by hot blue stars in surrounding gas and dust. The image shows WR 25 and Tr16-244, massive stars in the Trumpler 16 cluster ...

A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to ...

On his fourth flight, Don Pettit is once again sharing the art of astrophotography, capturing and posting pictures of Earth, ...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center runs down the best-known Black Holes in the Milky Way galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.

A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer who discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that can fly. The science of ...

Don Pettit packed a home-made tracker to space, allowing him to bless our timelines with long-exposure images.

A new photograph shared by NASA offers a peek at the breathtaking views seen from the International Space Station (ISS). The ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit imaged the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as the International Space Station cruised 260 miles ...

If a star as close to us as the Sun were to undergo any of these life on Earth would wither under the intense radiation, and ...

After years of effort, astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced they managed to capture the first ...

A cosmic drama is unfolding at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is watching the story ...

If astronomers could catch bursts of gamma rays from supernova explosions that create neutron stars near the Milky Way, the ...