NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a tidal disruption event 300 million light years away. The donut shaped remains of a star were found around a hungry black hole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Spa ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our Sun," according to NASA/ESA. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of ...

Rare blue lurker star found in the M67 open star cluster Unusual rotation speed linked to stellar mergers in a triple system ...

"The question 'Are we alone?' is one of the most significant questions, not just in the history of science, but in the ...

In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...

The two astronauts have a busy day ahead of them. Hague and Williams will "patch light leaks in the NICER X-ray telescope, ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don't go looking for it -- the flickering star is 2.2 million ...

Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to the observatory.

The name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star ...

The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies ...

This suggests that NGC 5084 is host to a supermassive black hole tipped on its side, and scientists think it could be ...