This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

NASA's SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has ...

NASA's SPHEREx, which will map millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures March 27. The ...

The crew will observe Earth's polar regions 430 kilometers above the surface, allowing the Crew Dragon Resilience to travel ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

We're back! A long-time reader and subscriber recently mentioned in the Ars Forums that they "kind of" missed the Daily Telescope posts that I used to write in 2023 and 2024. Although I would have ...

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

Scientists at Northumbria University have successfully captured images of auroras on Neptune using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Chinese scientists have developed laser-imaging technology sufficiently powerful to capture face biometric details from more ...

Australian amateur radio enthusiasts are ready to be part of history after the first polar space mission — with an Australian ...