Astrophysics Division

The low-surface-brightness galaxy CDG-2, within the dashed red circle at right, is dominated by dark matter and contains…

A team of astronomers has employed a cutting-edge, artificial intelligence-assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena within archived…

Newly developing stars shrouded in thick dust get their first baby pictures in these images from NASA’s Hubble…

Just-forming stars, called protostars, dazzle a cloudy landscape in the Orion Molecular Cloud complex (OMC). These three new…

Using new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of a recently…

NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept…

A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away…

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a stormy and highly active spiral galaxy named NGC 1792. Located…

Today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million…

Updated: Comet Trajectory (.mp4) This sequence of four animated views shows the path of comet 3I/ATLAS during its…

Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday,…

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a…

NASA’s Hubble Identifies One of Darkest Known Galaxies