In the past decade, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has revealed the nature, history, and behavior of billions of stars. Our pioneering stargazer has reshaped our view of the skies ...

Discover how astronomers use stellar parallax to navigate spacecraft in deep space without relying on Earth-based beacons.

The Celestron NexStar 8 SE telescope has been reduced from $1,699 to just $1,499, with Amazon offering a rarely seen discount for those in the market for one of the best telescopes on the market. This ...

NASA's Psyche captured images of Earth and our Moon from about 180 million miles (290 kilometers) away in July 2025. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a ...

Something to look forward to: Two of the world's wealthiest men are racing to tackle a challenge that could transform human space travel: refueling spacecraft in orbit. Solving this problem could ...

Approximately 250 mi. above Lake Michigan, International Space Station astronaut Don Pettit captured this long-exposure photograph of city lights streaking across Earth as a green and red aurora moved ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

The mysterious “Wow!” signal from deep space, caused by a yet unknown astronomical event, was much stronger than previously thought, a new study suggests. “Wow!” is the name given to the enigmatic and ...

For almost two decades, astronomers have been trying in vain to explain extremely bright flashes of radio bursts emanating from deep space. Despite only lighting up for a tiny fraction of a second, ...

"Considering the direction and frequency of our most common signals gives insights into where we should be looking to improve our chances of detecting alien technosignatures." Scientists have taken a ...

The most famous food at the annual State Fair of Texas is the Big Tex Choice Awards — the competition between concessionaires who submit new festival creations to try and win an award, fame, and ...