JWST revealed a massive star that ended its life in an explosion when the universe was just a cosmic toddler.

NASA’s NICER Continues Science Operations Post Repair NASA crew aboard the International Space Station installed patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) mission ...

Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a telescope to be seen.

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

"The James Webb Space Telescope has been truly revolutionary- it is now hard to imagine what life was like without it!" ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside our galaxy.

The record-breaking winds are circling the nearby "puffy" exoplanet WASP-127b, and are traveling six times faster than the ...

Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

Recent astronomical observations by ALMA and JWST have detected emissions from the distant galaxy GHZ2, located over 13 ...

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

The program’s overall contract is worth up to $4.82 billion and over the next five years, Viasat will have a piece of that work. From there, NASA has the option to extend the contract an additional ...

The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.