The 21st century is featuring a second space age that is increasingly private.

An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

Working on comet 3I/ATLAS: A French astronomer has gone viral after saying she “works on comet 3I/ATLAS,” sparking curiosity ...

After years of speculation, scientists finally believe they have figured out the crystal conundrum thanks to new imaging from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured infrared light from a black hole and gave scientists unprecedented insights into the ...

This is not a close-up of a sparkling soda from a movie theater promotion. The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image ...

Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely small ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9.” Cloud-9 is a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of ...