Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

The wavelengths of radio light are so large that you can't capture a high-resolution image with a single dish. To capture an ...

Astronomers have introduced a new class of exoplanets, dubbed “soot planets,” which are believed to be more widespread across ...

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. - NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the first ...

Anyone hungry for the icy crunch of a Pluto -like body? No? Well, one nearby white dwarf is going all in on a Pluto-esque ...

Scientists have been searching for radio signals from hypothetical alien civilizations using radio telescopes for decades.

On April 24, 1990, all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has proven ...

BALTIMORE -- The Hubble Space Telescope has found methane in the atmosphere of a distant planet -- the same planet where water was found last year. Such discoveries could aid efforts to find life on ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a fourth moon orbiting Pluto. Pluto - for the record - is still classified as a dwarf planet. Astronomer Larry Wasserman of Lowell ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time directly detected the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The unique observation shows it may be possible to find ...