Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed ...

"Star Trek" heroes are clever, but so are many of its villains. With vast knowledge and inhuman capabilities, they keep Starfleet — and viewers — on edge.

Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.

While two teams have ideas about what happened to yellow supergiant M31-2014-DS1, ultimately, it remains a mystery.

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

Elon Musk addressed a crowd at a Texas SpaceX facility, telling listeners about the "purpose of SpaceX." That purpose, it ...

Central Valley high school students are encouraged to apply for a free computer science internship at UC Merced. Computer ...

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

Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation ...

Remains belonging to Star Trek legends, mainly the cast of the 1966 original series, have been sent into space. Which cast ...

Astronomers have observed a Sun-like star dim dramatically for nearly nine months after being obscured by a vast cloud of gas and dust. A huge cloud filled with vaporized metals has been spotted ...

Star Wars and Star Trek are two of the biggest science fiction franchises of all time, so it's not too surprising that there has been some overlap between them. After all, it was J.J. Abrams who ...