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Once launched into space, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will capture faint light from the very first objects that illuminated the universe after the Big Bang. To make observations of galaxies and stars from th...

A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just got a little closer to launch with the completion of cryogenic testing on its science cameras and spectrographs and the installation of the final flight mirrors.

The fastest winds ever seen at ultraviolet wavelengths have been discovered near a supermassive black hole by a research team that includes a Penn State University astronomer. "This new ultrafast wind surprised us when i...

The lightest few elements in the periodic table formed minutes after the Big Bang. Heavier chemical elements are created by stars, either from nuclear fusion in their interiors or in catastrophic explosions. However, sci...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center:

"Because this galaxy is so small, it preserves evidence of ancient rare events incredibly cleanly," said The Carnegie Institute's Josh Simon. "We're lucky to have found such an important galaxy so close to us." The light...

New research led by astrophysicists at York University has revealed the fastest winds ever seen at ultraviolet wavelengths near a supermassive black hole.

A space station supply ship is set to blast off Tuesday night with a commercial-quality 3-D printer for astronaut as well as public use--for a price--and the makings for a large-scale fire.

An international team of astrophysicists led by Peter Garnavich, professor of astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame, has caught two supernovae in the act of exploding.

For the better part of the last decade, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) has been using the Green Bank and Arecibo radio telescopes to monitor millisecond pulsars. NANOGrav aims...

Some of NASA's top leaders are women, and while their personalities and passions are different, all of them have experienced working in a male-dominated field.

The lightest few elements in the periodic table formed minutes after the Big Bang. Heavier chemical elements are created by stars, either from nuclear fusion in their interiors or in catastrophic explosions. However, sci...

Well, this is pretty dang cool: The ExoMars spacecraft, which successfully launched on March 14, was spotted by telescopes on its way to the Red Planet! That animation consists of a series of short exposures taken at the...

This remarkable sand-based art show from artist Didi Rodan took place at a recent conference on ESA's Asteroid Impact Mission, sponsored by GMV in Madrid

For centuries, map makers depicted sea monsters along the boundaries of the known world. In October 2014, astronomers detected a massive galaxy near the edge of the charted universe with unprecedented detail using the At...

A new view of the world as seen from EUMETSAT's Metop-B weather satellite in polar orbit 817 km above the Earth....

Satellite and rocket-component builder OHB SE fell short of its revenue target for 2015 because of delays in two telecommunications satellites for which it is prime contractor, the company said March 17. SpaceNews.com

New research led by astrophysicists at York University has revealed the fastest winds ever seen at ultraviolet wavelengths near a supermassive black hole....

This site near Las Cruces, New Mexico, is being planned as a base for commercial spaceflight.

Former NASA astronaut Dan Tani - now boss of mission/cargo ops for Orbital ATK - helps keep his colleagues aboard the football field-sized orbiting lab stocked with food, clothing, consumables, science and industrial exp...