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A University of Queensland study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.

Researchers from the University of Turku have determined the geometrical parameters of a neutron star floating in the galaxy 21,000 light years away. The finding confirms old ideas that this star precesses like a whirlig...

Partner agencies on the International Space Station program say they are in discussions about how they will use, and pay for, commercial space stations that will replace it. The post ISS partners weigh options for using ...

A newly processed image, comprising 41 observations by NASA's retired Cassini mission, provides insights into the origins of Saturn's rings.

Leiden University and the European Southern Observatory have cut ties with the astronomer.

A flash of lightning, and then--something else. High above the storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena ...

Life and supernovae don’t mix. From a distance, supernovae explosions are fascinating. A star more massive than our Sun runs out of hydrogen and becomes unstable. Eventually, it explodes and releases so much energy it ...

The Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Air Force announced Oct. 26 they selected five companies to help build weather models using data from satellites, aerial and terrestrial sensors. The post DIU selects startups for...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was specially designed to detect the faint infrared light from very distant galaxies and give astronomers a glimpse at the early universe. The nature of galaxies during this early period...

Marvel Studios releases the first trailer for "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special."

With $45,000 in prizes, NASA's Particle Partition Challenge is looking for innovative ideas on how to maintain breathable atmospheres for astronauts far from Earth. The post Clearing the Air on a Trip to Mars: the NASA P...

Is it two galaxies, or two star clusters? Astronomers aren't yet sure what the James Webb Space Telescope spotted in an image of the early universe.

Ed Stone has retired as the project scientist of NASA's Voyager mission, which sent twin probes on a historic "grand tour" of the solar system's giant planets and, much later, out to interstellar space.

This complex region of craters and fractures in the Terra Sirenum region highlights the varied history of Mars. The image above was taken by ESA's Mars Express on 5 April 2022.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft took some amazing photos of Earth and the moon as it prepares to slingshot towards Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.

The partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25 delighted skywatchers around the world with a stunning display. We have rounded up some of the best photos here.

Video: 00:02:56 Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats - Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary - Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system...

The detection of a toxin that makes humans and pigs vomit could solve the lingering 100-year-old mystery surrounding the pristine Martian meteorite nicknamed "Lafayette."

Quantum Space, a company founded earlier this year to develop spacecraft platforms in cislunar space, announced plans Oct. 26 for its first smallsat pathfinder mission that will collect space situational awareness data. ...

"The Last Man on the Moon" is returning for the 50th anniversary of NASA's last lunar landing. The filmmakers behind the award-winning documentary have announced a new edition focusing on Apollo 17.

The Orionid meteor shower lit up the skies around the world in 2022, and luckily many of our readers were able to catch wonderful images of the "shooting stars."

An international team of astrophysicists has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing certain star clusters. The finding challenges Newton's laws of gravity, the researchers write in their publication. Instead, the obse...