In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...

According to NASA's SPHEREx mission details, the observatory will survey the entire sky using near-infrared light. Its goals include exploring how galaxies evolved, understanding the structure of the ...

The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...

The ring-shaped clouds around the nebula RCW 120 were detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in this composite image. The Black Eye Galaxy is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million ...

The intricate whorls and striations of dust that drift between the stars have just been revealed in stupefying detail.

Nebulae come in different types, such as emission, reflection, and dark nebulae. One of the most well-known and visible examples is the Orion Nebula. NASA uses cutting-edge telescopes and instruments ...

There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

The giant exoplanet, named HD 189733 b, is 11% bigger than Jupiter and sits 64.5 light-years away from our Solar System - but ...

JWST discovers supernova AT 2023adsv, dated to 11.4 billion years ago Early massive stars produced more energetic explosions than modern star Findings offer insights into the first stars and early ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.