Space News

Scientists at the Palomar Observatory turned to the Pauma band, upon whose ancestral lands the facility sits, to name the asteroid, now dubbed 'Ayló'chaxnim, or 'Venus girl.'

Old Ben's penultimate outing isn't perfect, but it sets the stage for a high-stakes season finale and delivers a couple of moments fans have been clamoring to see.

NASA's Lucy mission has gained a new destination: a tiny asteroid that's orbiting one of its original target asteroids.

NASA/ESA releases a new photo of the enigmatic globular cluster Ruprecht 106

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the central region of the gigantic elliptical galaxy NGC 474....

The next prelaunch rehearsal before launch of our Artemis I Moon mission, news about some NASA astronomy missions, and a critical milestone for an Earth-observing satellite ... a few of the stories to tell you about - Th...

Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania (24.8°N 8.5°W), 23 May 2022...

This Picture of the Week revisits the Veil Nebula, a popular subject for Hubble images!...

A star's death throes have so violently disrupted its planetary system that the dead star left behind, called a white dwarf, is siphoning off debris from both the system's inner and outer reaches....

A piece of Russian space junk forced the International Space Station to steer clear to avoid a chance encounter with orbital debris on Thursday (June 16).