Former APL Space Exploration Sector Head Mike Ryschkewitsch has been selected as a fellow by the American Institute of ...

On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory. This plate, ...

There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...

The space shuttle and International Space Station are set to launch onto coins to celebrate advancements made by Texas and ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

NASA has released this photomosaic in two images that can be downloaded from its website: ...

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

One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since ...

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 ...

Beyond making missions safer, this tech also improves the experience for engineers back on Earth, helping them understand the ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows rich detail in a pair of star clusters 166,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), in the southern constellation Doradus. This striking Hubble ...

This mission laid the groundwork for iconic servicing efforts, including those for the Hubble Space Telescope. On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA's space shuttle program saw its darkest day at the time ...