Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of ...

Olivier van Deuren’s painting of a young astronomer blends science, mysticism and ambitions of celestial proportions, Jin ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is NASA’s most ... The observatory seized images of four “giant” planets in the solar system of a distant star called HR 8799. This is a fairly young system ...

Here's how they physically managed to go this long away from planet Earth. While in space, astronauts are at risk of experiencing physiological deterioration and exposure to higher levels of ...

The mission will bring the next crew up to work on the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the return of a pair of astronauts back to Earth. The launch Wednesday was abruptly postponed ...

The James Webb Space Telescope zoomed in on extremely ... There's a class of objects in the cosmos that are neither stars, nor are they quite planets. And with this new research, scientists ...

A quick trip in June to the International Space Station stretched into an unexpectedly lengthy orbital stay for the two NASA astronauts who crewed the Boeing Starliner for a flight test.

The return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner astronauts stuck on the International Space Station inched closer as their replacements arrived to Florida for their relief flight this week. The quartet ...

New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three separate bodies orbiting one another in a complex triad. This rare ...

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos.

We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being torn to shreds and raining down on the star. Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a ...

Rushing through the dense bustle of central London on your way to dinner or a show, you’d be forgiven for not finding time to contemplate the marvels of outer space ... by the art to do some ...