This mid-infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope excels at showing where the cold dust, set off in white, glows ...

Hundreds of defunct satellites plunge toward Earth every year. Scientists are studying how the chemical stew left in their wake impacts the atmosphere.

Determining the expansion rate of the universe, the "Hubble constant," shapes our understanding of the cosmos, its age, and its fate.

Friday, September 27, 2024: This satellite image from Wednesday ... time aboard the International Space Station, capturing gorgeous views of auroras over Earth, meteors exploding in our atmosphere ...

Ten years after launching a patchwork of stars from her place in space, Karen Nyberg is calling for quilters to create the ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy ripping through galactic debris left by multiple collisions at a dangerous "cosmic ...

Tuesday, April 30, 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured incredibly sharp images of the Horsehead Nebula, one of the most iconic celestial bodies in the sky over Earth.

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a mysterious field of white sulfur stones in a series of striking new images. Curosity - which left Earth on its missing 13 years ago - first discovered the ...

In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery target. In Webb’s mid-infrared view of the ...

To see the planet's blue-green hue, which is caused by the absorption of sunlight from methane gas, you'll need a small ...

NASA, ESA,CSA, STScI NASA’s space telescopes have ... eerie shade of red across the black background of the cosmos. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI The image, resembling an Alex Grey painting ...

In the last few years, nearly 100 people have become private astronauts through the space tourism companies Blue Origin, operated by Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic, by Sir Richard Branson. While the ...