If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That's easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

At 2:23 am Eastern time on March 19, 2025, an astronaut aboard the International Space station (ISS) captured a striking ...

Black holes have long captured the imagination of both scientists and the general public. These exotic objects—once thought ...

The final day of the annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar shows a new view of one of the most famous deep-space images of ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

This results in a composition that is “unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent.” “These new Hubble images show that planet nurseries can be much more active and chaotic than we expected,” Kristina Monsch, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: a meteorite, which could provide vital clues about the planet’s past and its interactions with space objects. The rover has been ...