Despite significant scientific advancement over the last decades, the universe still finds new ways to surprise us. Every ...

Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite captured this image over the sand seas of the Namib Desert on 7 January 2012. The blue-and-white area is the dry riverbed of the Tsauchab. Black dots of vegetation are ...

Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have joined forces to produce a stunning new image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, one of the most visually complex objects in the known universe. The ...

The Cat's Eye Nebula is located 4,400 light-years away in the constellation Draco.

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A dying star’s final breath creates a haunting, brain-shaped cosmic silhouette.

New research suggests that Jupiter’s icy moons may have formed with complex organic molecules already embedded in their building blocks.

This nebula was first discovered on February 15, 1786, by British astronomer William Herschel. While scanning the night sky ...

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Stephen Hawking's black hole fame wasn't his only focus — he also laid out multiple existential threats. Here are five doomsday risks he talked about.

For March, “Eyes to the Skies” runs down upcoming space events including a total lunar eclipse, Zodiacal Light and spring’s ...

Water ice on Mars, bubbling gas on a distant star, a snow-covered island, and a pre-planetary nebula are featured this week. Plus, a look back at an image of Mars taken by the Dawn spacecraft during a ...