The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

The universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous—and highly ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided unprecedented details about the Andromeda galaxy's history and characteristics.

Dive into a celestial masterpiece with the Hubble Space Telescope's latest snapshot of the Large Magellanic Cloud, showcasing ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble first established that this so-called 'spiral nebula' was actually very far outside our own Milky Way galaxy -- at a distance of approximately 2.5 million light-years ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Circa 1945: Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal.

That's certainly partly the truth, but he couldn't have done it without the genius of others around him who paved the way for his discovery. "It's easy to romanticize Hubble and his discovery of the ...

The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble ...