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In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of our favorite images it has ...
Asteroid Donaldjohanson was the second destination on the NASA mission’s itinerary — and its size and shape were not what scientists expected.
Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.
Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...
Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky ...
The U.S. is in the midst of a second Space Race, and NASA is in a time crunch. How can it keep ambitions for the Moon and ...
JADES-GS-z13-1-LA is a young galaxy shining just 330 million years after the Big Bang, signaling it's part of a process called reionization.
A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...
The company’s New Shepard rocket launched celebrities and four others to the edge of space and back on April 14, 2025.
The shining Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) in Hydra checks almost every box an amateur astronomer could desire.
We’ve wondered what powered the Sun for centuries. Early guesses included meteor showers, chemical combustion, and ...
Skyrocketing tariffs on China are rippling through the astronomy industry. If they hold, some fear deeper wounds to the ...