Learn about NASA's SPHEREx mission, which will launch on March 4, 2025 to study the universe's early history and search the ...

For decades, scientists have studied small satellite galaxies to better understand how the universe’s smallest galaxies ...

"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...

Unlike the typical blue-and-green depiction of Earth, this photo shows the planet in a mossy green hue, framed by a thin ...

Milky Way photography can yield some stunning shots from here on Earth. But what if you had a vantage point at some 400km ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9, carrying the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions, is scheduled to lift off on Sunday at 10:09 p.m. ET.

This stunning photo was taken on January 29, 2025, from 265 miles (425 km) above the Pacific Ocean. Pettit, a seasoned ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, image of the ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station, offering a ...

Astronomers have spotted displays of flashing lights and “fireworks” near a supermassive black hole at the center of the ...

NASA's Pleiades supercomputer has provided fresh ... both from within our solar system and from external sources like other stars and the Milky Way galaxy's center. The inner part of the system ...