"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...

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

Regarded by many as NASA’s most successful science mission, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space aboard the ...

The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to amaze - not just by what it sees, but by what it doesn’t. Its latest focus is NGC 346, a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, 210,000 light-years ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the claimed molecules may not be there at all ...

The strongest evidence yet that life may exist on a planet outside our solar system has been found by a team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge.

It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it!” is often misattributed to either Mr Spock or  Dr Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy from Star Trek. The ...

The Pretoria tech bro with a son called X Æ A-12 and a yearning to live on Mars would be a perfect fit with the planet K2-18b ...

This week, dual escalations in Yemen and Ukraine raises sharp questions about America’s strategic priorities and its ability ...