After numerous delays and a threat of potential cancelation, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on Dec. 25, 2021 aboard the ...

NASA's SPHEREx mission is set to launch in late February 2025, a landmark moment in space exploration. SPHEREx is the acronym for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague holds a patch for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) at the end of a T-handle tool during a training exercise on May 16, 2024, in the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy ...

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope will search for the key ingredients for life across our galaxy. - Benjamin Fry/BAE Systems/NASA ...

After more than 20 years in the making, we're finally about to see the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, an astronomical facility with the largest digital camera ever built by ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped. When you purchase ...

Here are a couple of existential questions for you. How did we get here? How did the universe begin? How did galaxies develop? Well soon, scientists may have more answers to some of these questions, ...

The world's first telescope, crafted in 1608 by the Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey, led to stunning technologies that would later revolutionize our understanding of the universe. While his ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...