This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

NASA's SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has ...

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South ...

Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...

Let's celebrate April first as "Healthy Skepticism Day", especially with fantastical astronomy stories and images online ...

To do that, humans have built some of the most spectacular astronomical observatories around the world, capable of peering into the vast void of space and capturing images that astound. The James Webb ...

Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...

Uranus, the ice-giant planet that tilts dramatically on its side as it orbits the Sun, has long puzzled scientists. When NASA ...

We're back! A long-time reader and subscriber recently mentioned in the Ars Forums that they "kind of" missed the Daily Telescope posts that I used to write in 2023 and 2024. Although I would have ...