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Spectacular Hubble image captures 'grand spiral' galaxy

Close-up of galaxy filled with stars. This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope features the Grand Design Spiral, more officially known as NGC 3631. (Image credit ...

Want to see the potential tau Herculids meteor shower? Here's what to expect, according to NASA.

When the shards of a broken-up comet draw near Earth tonight, the chances of a meteor storm are "hit or miss", NASA says. But astronomers are excited about the potential of a swarm of new shooting stars nonetheless. The agency advises skywatchers to ...

These star-forming spirals look like galactic UFOs

A flat-looking galaxy disk. IC 564, a spiral galaxy that is part of the Arp 303 galactic pair imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit ...

Possible outburst of tau Herculids meteors tonight!

Artist's illustration of a meteor shower. The tau Herculids from comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann may make an appearance May 30-31. (Image credit: Olga Beliaeva ...

Hubble telescope snaps trippy new view of two swirling galaxies

A peculiar pair of galaxies swirls together in a mesmerizing new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Located some 800 million light-years from Earth, the two spiral galaxies, known as IC 4271 or Arp 40, appear superimposed, with the smaller galaxy ...

A 'trove' of black hole discoveries emerge from dwarf galaxies

A new analysis of dwarf galaxy surveys suggests black holes pop up far more commonly within these small galaxies than previously thought. The study team said this study could be a missing link in learning more about how more massive black holes evolve.

Astronomers Unexpectedly Capture Mysterious Dimming of Supergiant Star Betelgeuse

Just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic really kicked off in early 2020, the world was fixated on a distant supergiant star, 700 light-years away known as Betelgeuse. The monstrous furnace suddenly dimmed, becoming 10 times darker than usual.

NASA spins a spiral galaxy soundtrack. What exactly are we hearing?

Some 69 million light-years from Earth is a barred spiral galaxy in the southern hemisphere constellation Eridanus. Its arms are strung with young blue stars, pink cotton candy star-forming clouds, and darkened dusty alleyways.

NASA's tenacious drone sweeps over Mars in farthest flight yet

The little Martian helicopter-that-could has done it again. Ingenuity, a small 4-pound robotic scout that hitched a ride to the Red Planet last year, has recently sent back video documentation of its farthest and fastest flight yet.

NASA Mars Helicopter Delivers Epic View of the Red Planet During Record Flight

Ingenuity takes to the skies on its 25th flight in April 2022. NASA/JPL-Caltech. Of all the little space robots scattered across the cosmos right ...