HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided a direct look at the multiple gas giant planets within the iconic planetary ...

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...

The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities, from looking out at our universe to ...

SearX and Putch on their way to map out our universe like never before and revolutionize space weather forecasting ...

The inner bodies are too close together to be resolved by the Hubble Space ... in the background. The bright red star Antares appears at the top center. Dust in the plane of our solar system ...

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