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A false-color satellite photo from 2023 shows a devilish pair of lava flows and an enormous plume of smoke spewing from ...
Our galaxy may reside in a billion-light-year-wide cosmic bubble that accelerates local expansion, potentially settling the ...
After three years of helping astronomers investigate known planets beyond the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered its first new planet.
Mother’s Day Storm? Why not! Bastille Day Storm? Mais oui! Space scientists make the case for a standardized naming ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists found a dusty disk surrounding the dying white dwarf creating the famous Ring Nebula.
When the Blue Origin crew flew to space last April, I had no idea Lauren Sánchez brought a planet back to earth with her—but ...
Over 6,600 tons of space junk are orbiting Earth, posing a threat to satellites and future space missions. Learn about the growing problem and cleanup efforts.
Northern lights may be visible in these 18 US States tonight due to ongoing geomagnetic storm conditions. Here are the best places to see them.
A citizen scientist found an Einstein ring, a natural phenomenon caused by gravitational lensing, in a Hubble Space Telescope image.
The outer space around the Earth is already pretty crowded. Now, tech firms are racing to add more. There are already thousands of satellites hurdling around the Earth in low orbit - many of them ...
The Kosmos-482 spacecraft is extremely unlikely to cause damage. Human-made space junk crashes back to Earth all the time.
When the Blue Origin crew flew to space last April, I had no idea Lauren Sánchez brought a planet back to earth with her — ...