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Astronomers have now characterized the atmospheres of several exoplanets, with JWST and upcoming missions promising to turn that into the thousands. The next era will come when our observatories can directly observe the ...

The first stars of the universe were monstrous beasts. Comprised only of hydrogen and helium, they could be 300 times more massive than the sun. Within them, the first of the heavier elements were formed, then cast off i...

PAHs may be able to form in cold regions of space, affecting what scientists think about the origins of planets and possibility of alien life.

Scientists have no idea what the spokes are.

Space launch provider and satellite manufacturer Rocket Lab has secured a deal worth over half a billion dollars to build 18 satellites for a U.S. government agency. The post Rocket Lab wins $515 million contract to buil...

Missions focusing on small bodies in the solar system have been coming thick and fast lately. OSIRIS-Rex, Psyche, and Rosetta are all examples of projects that planned or did rendezvous with a small body in the solar sys...

String theory, like most revolutions, had humble origins. It started all the way back in the 1960's as an attempt to understand the workings of the strong nuclear force, which had only recently been discovered. Quantum f...

One of the most significant constraints on the size of objects placed into orbit is the size of the fairing used to put them there. Large telescopes must be stuffed into a relatively small fairing housing and deployed to...

After 50+ years, NASA names a new crew of astronauts for a lunar mission.

A huge loop of plasma dances above the surface of the sun in a stunning timelapse captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.

Everyone's favorite homicidal SecUnit will soon head to the small screen in a new "Murderbot" TV series picked up by Apple TV+ based on author Martha Wells's thrilling collection.

The night sky of 2023 delivered many amazing views of the moon, comets, meteors and even space debris. Here are this year's most memorable skywatching sights.

These are the James Webb Space Telescope's most notable discoveries in 2023.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch two radar reconnaissance satellites for the German military early Saturday morning (Dec. 23).

Gravitationally lensed images of two different supernovas in the same galaxy can be used to measure the expansion rate of the universe.