He’d let me move the telescope around a bit, and I could ask questions. And he was always wonderful to share information with me. I probably just didn’t ask enough questions.” ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

According to astronomy, when you wish upon a star you’re a million years too late. The star is dead, just like your dreams. When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true.

These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details about interstellar dust and gas using infrared light echoes from a ...

Why it's so special: This stunning image from the Hubble Space Telescope depicts a star-forming region called Sharpless 2-106, or S106 for short. Characterized by its "wings," it is classified as ...