Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a nearby ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

Behold the mysterious objects populating the "low surface brightness universe" that the latest radio telescopes are beginning ...

Water may have formed less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, suggesting some conditions for life existed far earlier than previously thought.

This HII region is seen to coexist with the reflection nebula, sharing the same stellar centre, and is created from the star ...

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R.

A supernova is one of the most powerful and mysterious phenomena in the universe. It’s an event that occurs when a star ...

Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth.

The agency is encouraging astronomy clubs to throw “star parties” to introduce people to the nebulae and galaxies spotted by ...

After NASA repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999, the Heritage Project used the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 to capture an image of NGC 1999 in the Orion constellation. Hubble's image of NGC ...