Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Most Planets Have No Known Date of First Observation . Before we begin, I want you to imagine a clear night sky you've ...

Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...

The seventh planet from the sun was first discovered on 13 March 1781 by William Herschel, a German-British astronomer.

Harvard astronomers have announced the discovery of over 100 previously undiscovered moons orbiting the planet Saturn.

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(X-ray: NASA/CXC/UMass/D. Wang et) A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for ...

Sophomore Owen Recker of the West Virginia University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday. Recker placed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASA’s newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before. Launched Tuesday ...

SPHEREx will use its telescope to provide an all-sky spectral survey, creating a 3D map of the entire sky to help scientists investigate the origins of our universe. PUNCH will study origins of the ...