"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any spacecraft ever has, surviving expected temperatures of 1,800 ...

On this date, President John F. Kennedy provides NASA with its strongest advocate for large space telescopes, James Webb ...

A mysterious fast radio burst from a dead galaxy challenges theories, hinting at unknown cosmic forces producing powerful ...

Unusual detection bolsters evidence that the mysterious signals can be caused by different astrophysical events.

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Astronomers have discovered HD 20794 d, a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a star just 20 light-years away. This ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

The Priority Mail 'Spiral Galaxy' and Priority Mail Express 'Star Cluster' stamps are now available in panes of four at post ...

"Little red dot" galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early cosmos appear to be ruled by supermassive ...

Astronomers say they've detected a mysterious type of signal known as a fast radio burst coming from an ancient, dead galaxy.