In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects....
Modern telescopes like the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) are watching the sky for any changes, and can...
A NASA team specializing in collecting imagery-based engineering datasets from spacecraft during launch and reentry is supporting...
Blue Origin's next suborbital flight is scheduled to launch on Saturday (June 21), carrying a private crew...
Before they take the long journey to another planet, humans will have to find the right place...
SpaceX's next Starship rocket exploded during a ground test in South Texas late Wednesday, dealing another blow...
In this week’s episode of Space Minds, we explore how microgravity accelerates aging—and guest Dr. Nadia Maroouf...
Yale astronomers may have discovered the origin story for one of the universe’s most dazzling phenomena—the double...
SpaceX has reset the countdown clock for its next human spaceflight, targeting an early Sunday morning launch...
"These small galaxies punch well above their weight."
GJ504b is an exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star GJ 504. It is estimated to be three to...
An international team of researchers, including members from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of...
On June 19, 2004, at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, astronomers Roy Tucker, David...
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New Hampshire as geomagnetic activity remains unsettled.
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a peculiar merger of two similar ring galaxies...
Last week, I looked at the faces of our guests at our moon landing event and watched...
Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have discovered a vast 23 million light-year-wide tendril connecting galactic clusters and...
A SpaceX Starship upper stage being prepared for the company’s next flight exploded June 19 during preparations...
Starship Ship 36 explodes at SpaceX’s Massey test flight on June 18, 2025. Image: LabPadre Space. SpaceX’s...
SpaceX's newest Starship vehicle exploded on a stand in Texas late Wednesday night (June 18), as it...