In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

It is the International Day Of Women And Girls In Science, and what better way to celebrate than to discuss the work of Henrietta Leavitt, the scientist who discovered Cepheid variables and laid the ...

The Universe is full of dust, and a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlights just how important it is.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a supermassive galactic open cluster designated Westerlund ...

Hubble’s high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to hone in on more of the Bullseye galaxy’s rings — and helped confirm ...

This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia's ability to ... Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy With Nine Rings Feb. 4, 2025 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Researchers at the University of Southern California say they’ve unraveled the mystery of why Earth’s inner core has been slowing, gradually altering the length of a day.

Definition: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope named after renowned astronomer Edwin Hubble. It was launched in 1990 and is one of the great observatories of NASA. Description: Hubble ...

The Masters, an annual golf tournament held at the esteemed Augusta National Golf Club, is a beacon of tradition and excellence in the world of golf. As we approach the 90th edition of this ...

The lake has the pH level of glass cleaner and, most importantly for her team’s discovery, is full of toxic arsenic. All known living things use six major chemical elements to keep their bodies ...

Many solar system missions have made significant discoveries during such flybys, from the earliest probes of the 1970s to BepiColombo’s recent Mercury flyby and perhaps Europa Clipper’s Mars ...

Major discoveries and extensive expansion of gas infrastructure are contributing to the growth of the gas sector, increasing the share of natural gas in India’s energy mix. The country aims to ...