Space-based telescopes are remarkable. Their view isn't obscured by the weather in our atmosphere, and so they can capture ...

A celestial light show illuminates a distant spiral galaxy, where a hidden supernova briefly outshines its stellar neighbors ...

A Chinese X-ray space telescope has already made several discoveries during its initial commissioning phase. The Einstein ...

Recent findings from the International Space Station address wound healing, fine motor control in space, and radiation ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

As gas is stripped from the galaxy, its pressure dynamics shift and either halt or boost star formation, leading to a ...

At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called ...

NOAA's new Compact Coronagraph, CCOR-1, onboard the GOES-19 satellite, has begun transmitting its first images, revealing ...

This week, see how new telescopes may reshape how astronomers view the cosmos, discover forgotten medieval cities, learn ...

Forecasters will soon be able to use the instrument, a coronagraph, to better monitor the effects of solar storms.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a pic of a "creepy" pair of giant "eyes" floating in space.

Oct. 11, 2024 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from ...