The University of Arizona will serve as mission control for a newly launched space telescope designed to study distant ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

From a return to the moon to telescope launches, there's plenty of exciting events to expect from space this year ...

Journey from the searing surface of Mercury to the inferno of Venus and witness the breathtaking power of the Sun itself.

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets may hold oceans, rocky ground, and even atmospheres rich in oxygen or ...

A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt's Lazuli, the first private space telescope in history, could fly to space as soon as 2029.

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronomers ...

Ever gazed at the night sky and wondered if we're truly alone, or if cosmic travelers zip through our solar neighborhood ...

Is 3I/ATLAS an alien space probe? An irregular comet? Debate rages around status of 3rd interstellar object ever spotted. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses implications with ‘Magazine.' An ...

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