Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

HH 80/81, as captured by the Hubble telescope in the latest image, are the brightest Herbig-Haro (HH) objects known to exist.

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists believe it is a “failed galaxy,” a leftover building block from the early ...

As of Wednesday afternoon, the engineers had not yet isolated the fault. The trouble has been traced to one of the telescope’s channels that handles observations in the ultraviolet and visible-light ...

The protostar is launching the longest outburst ever seen at 32 light-years long.

NASA and the European Space Station launched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, and over the past 34 years it’s been responsible for some of the most important discoveries in the universe. Now, it ...

The cluster can offer fresh insights into how stars of all sizes form and evolve. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Star clusters ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to ...

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The unveiling today of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, a spectacular new set of images from the Hubble Space Telescope, brings mixed emotions to astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, ...