To capture unprecedented, high-resolution images of distant exoplanets, NASA is actively developing a mind-bending mission that uses the Sun’s massive gravitational field as a giant magnifying glass.

In the absence of the National Space Council, the White House OSTP has taken on a lead role in coordinating national space ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first vertical map of Uranus’s ionosphere, giving scientists a ...

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 ...

Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising trait: They are unusually calm and quiet in terms of harsh radiation. This ...

The possibility that a huge space rock — once deemed the riskiest asteroid ever observed — could hit the moon now appears to ...

NASA researchers explore a hybrid observatory using a space-based starshade and ground telescopes to improve direct imaging and detect hidden Earth-like exoplanets.

Recent media coverage highlights the wide range of research, education, and scientific perspectives emerging from the SETI ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...

When astronomers glimpsed the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in July 2022, they saw the kind of universe most of them have come to expect. There were dazzling blue bursts of ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals the clearest view yet of the Egg Nebula. This structure of gas and dust was created by a dying, Sun-like star. These newest observations were taken with Hubble’s ...