So from Morales’ location, the telescope’s passage across the Sun was so brief that missing the precise moment would have ...
If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...
The scientists realized that these supernovae weren’t as nearby as they had thought, so they had zipped away from Earth quicker than expected. “These observations led scientists to ultimately conclude ...
NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin have all successfully launched superheavy-lift rockets. These massive vehicles are designed to ...
NASA’s newly confirmed administrator visited Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and defended the decision to close the ...
New telescope instruments now reveal distant galaxies in detail, reshaping how astronomers map dark matter, star formation, ...
SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test ...
KEY OBSERVATIONS A comet’s tail is supposed to flee the Sun, driven outward by radiation and solar wind. That rule has held ...
Four Oxford University academics have been honoured in the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)'s 2026 Awards , announced today. Each year the RAS Awards ...
The satellite, aboard a SpaceX rocket that could lift off as early as this Sunday, is set to help reveal details about ...
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, awarded their Gold Medal to Maryellen Giger (pictured here with her team) for pioneering work in computer-aided diagnosis and image ...