Beyond Our Solar System

A black hole and its shadow have been captured in an image for the first time, a historic feat by an international network of radio telescopes.

From precision GPS to batteries for one of the world’s first commercial all-electric airplanes, NASA technology turns up in nearly every corner of modern life.

What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars.

Humanity’s great leap into interstellar space — the space between the stars — has begun. Here are 10 things we’ve learned about going interstellar.

A team of astronomers from have identified the most promising targets for this search in the new “TESS Habitable Zone Star Catalog.”

Just as dust gathers in corners and along bookshelves in our homes, dust piles up in space too. But when the dust settles in the solar system, it’s often in rings.

The Cigar Galaxy's wind is aligned along a magnetic field and blows huge amounts of material into space — the equivalent mass of 50 million to 60 million Suns.

Galaxy mergers can lead to prosperity and new star formation — or kick off a galaxy's demise.

Meet the women leading two of humankind's two most distant space missions.

NASA invites you to take a behind-the-scenes look at how the agency explores outer space with a new monthly series that premieres this week.

Scientists have synthesized a molecular system that, like DNA, can store and transmit information. This suggests there could be a genetic system for life that may be possible on other worlds.

NASA has selected a new space mission that will explore how common are the ingredients for life in our galaxy’s planetary systems.

With the successful completion of its mechanical environmental testing, the spacecraft element is being prepared for thermal vacuum testing.

Explore the plethora of planets outside our solar system with new multimedia experiences from NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP).

In a celestial game of "Where's Waldo?" Hubble's sharp vision uncovered a never-before-seen dwarf galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 was brought back to full operational status and completed its first science observations.

As the brilliant comet 46P/Wirtanen streaked across the sky, NASA telescopes caught it on camera from multiple angles.

November 16 marks the premiere of a unique film and musical experience inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope’s famous Deep Field image

After nine years collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel.

The search goes on for evidence of life – and for a world something like our own.

From deep below the soil at Earth’s polar regions to Pluto’s frozen heart, ice exists all over the solar system...and beyond.

Caltech researchers discover a new mechanism for describing planet formation, stellar winds and more.

Astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.

So you think you found an exoplanet – a planet around another star? Here are 10 things to know about finding and confirming exoplanets.

To most of us, dust is an annoyance. But these tiny particles that float about and settle on surfaces play an important role across the solar system.