Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what's called an inferior conjunction. But don't plan on seeing ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making ...
A breathtaking cosmic dance unfolds as the Webb Telescope captures a star's birth, set against a spiral galaxy's mesmerizing ...
And what exactly makes something a moon, anyway? Two moons ... Saturn's rings will be edge-on twice in 2025, in March and ...
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...
Two lunar missions had a rough start in recent days, one utterly scuttled by a tipped lander and another jeopardized by a ...
Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...
NASA's SPHEREx (at center) and PUNCH (at left and right) spacecraft are seen after they were deployed separately into Earth ...
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, have ...
By Lou Feng A photo of a total lunar eclipse, also known as a “blood moon.” The photo was taken during the Jan. 2019 eclipse by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.  Courtesy of M. Kornmesser ...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of a small ... The Cygnus Loop is a large donut-shaped nebula located approximately 2,400 light-years away from Earth. Also known ...