The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan.

Julie Machado from Auckland, New Zealand The Gum Nebula is the largest emission nebula by apparent size, spanning 36° of the ...

ASTRONOMERS have spotted a stunning cosmic butterfly with glowing “wings” deep in space. The mind-blowing display is actually ...

The latest United Nations climate summit (COP30) was held between 10 and 21 November in Belém, Brazil. Although the event did ...

Michigan State University astrophysicists are closing in on one of space science’s biggest mysteries: where the galaxy’s most ...

Researchers used the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to identify the presence of ultraviolet ...

Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy light. At its ...

The students named it Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lani, which means Heavenly ʻŌhiʻa Rains, inspired by a traditional Hawaiian story.

Some deep-sky objects stand on their own. Others pair up with notable companions. Occasionally, the surrounding star field helps elevate a rather ordinary object's status. Such is the case with the ...

Four Hawaiʻi Island high school students in July — participants in the first Project Hōkūlani summer internship program hosted by the International Gemini Observatory — had the honor of naming one of ...

It's been 35 years since Hubble came online, so in honor of the intrepid telescope's 35th anniversary, we've put together this gallery of our favorite Hubble images. The Hubble Space Telescope was ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are shown at once: the noisy, showy Milky Way crowds the north with its starry ...