A Youngstown State University professor contributed to international research published in the journal “Nature” that observed ...

A glittering fireworks display, this is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2 that resides in a raucous stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away from ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, directly observed star clusters merging at the cores of dwarf galaxies—a process long ...

Scientists say it's the earliest galaxy seen doing this (so far). Astronomers have caught an immensely ancient galaxy ...

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...

This photo of M16 is the latest redux image published to mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, which ...

As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared new images that revisited ...

On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed into Earth’s orbit, beginning a decades-long venture into ...

Captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, this image centers on the spiral galaxy IC 4633. Situated about 8,000 light-years from Earth, the star cluster Pismis 24 is embedded within the ...

This week, researchers uncovered the negative pressure mechanisms plants use to communicate stress. Linguists found that the ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

The Hubble Space Telescope marks its 35th anniversary with a stunning new image of the Sombrero Galaxy. This detailed view ...