Some space images have become timeless icons of our exploration of the cosmos. Take the famous photo of the Pillars of ...

NASA welcomed the new year by releasing a series of 19 gorgeous images of spiral galaxies. Combining data from the JWST’s ...

At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the star? This is the story ...

A giant “hiccuping” star has been documented for the first time in the final stages of its life before exploding. The rare ...

Lead author Dr Charlotte Angus, from the Astrophysical Research Centre (ARC) at the Queen’s University in Belfast, said the ...

Explore the dynamic life of the spiral galaxy NGC 337 as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, featuring a mix of old and ...

This week, three bright planets are making that case to be this year's “Star of Bethlehem” or "Christmas Star," with Jupiter, ...

Also known as the Christmas Star, the Star of Bethlehem appears in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew. The disciple relates how the Magi [wise people] from the East came to Jerusalem and asked: “Where is ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of a new pulsar, which received the designation PSR ...

Analysis - Stars are born, live and die in spectacular ways, with their deaths marked by one of the biggest known explosions in the Universe. Like a campfire needs wood to keep burning, a star relies ...