In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of ...
Astronomers have discovered what they believed to be a rare stable trio of gravitationally bound Kuiper Belt objects, ...
There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...
The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the ...
A major discovery on the outskirts of Andromeda is shaking up our understanding of galactic evolution. Astronomers have found ...
On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above ...
Weather has delayed NASA’s launch of the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the ...
NASA has abruptly closed its chief-scientist office, along with 2 other offices, firing 23 employees. The 10 March action ...
SpaceX has designated a new launch time for NASA's SPHEREx Observatory and PUNCH satellites launch for Monday, March ...
The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years ...
Sweeping spiral arms adorned with bright blue star clusters and red hydrogen clumps define NGC 4536, a cosmic marvel 50 ...
A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...