“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...

One nonsensical detail that has been in Star Trek since the start was just fixed in the franchise's latest installment, & it ...

Deep Space Station 23, NASA’s latest addition to its Deep Space Network, recently reached a major milestone with the installation of its 133-ton reflector dish. This cutting-edge antenna, located at ...

How do astronomers describe the shape of the universe, and what could it mean for the fate of the cosmos? complex to measure the shape of the universe. In fact, this question has a very ...

What is the universe expanding into if it’s already infinite? The universe expands by itself, not into any external space, with galaxies continuously moving away from the Milky Way. Initiated by the ...

The black hole is huge—400 million times the mass of our sun—making it one of the most massive black holes discovered by Webb at this point in the universe's development.

"This galaxy has a diverse population of star clusters, and it is remarkable that we can see them separately at such an early age of the universe," study co-author Chris Willott, a JWST mission ...

Quantum calorimeters are opening this new window on the Universe. First promised four decades ago ... such sensors for X-ray astronomy was conceived at Goddard Space Flight Center in 1982 when X-ray ...

James Gunn’s Superman movie will be plunging viewers into a fully formed DCU, which already has its heroes and villains in costume and operating across various corners of that world (globally ...