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The twin eruptions briefly disrupted radio signals across the dayside of Earth.

In the exotic world of particle physics, neutrinos may be the most mysterious members. They rarely interact with other matter, have almost no mass, and have no electrical charge. These characteristics make them extremely...

"Before we know how it all will end, we need to understand how it all began."

Contracts with 12 companies aim to test competing designs for boost-phase missile intercept from space The post Space Force awards up to $3.2 billion for Golden Dome interceptor prototypes appeared first on SpaceNews.

The new Colibre cosmological simulation includes more critical detail than previous simulations. It also includes updated models of things like AGN feedback and star formation. The simulations also include a sonic compon...

The Viltrox AF 50mm f/1.4 Pro FE is a fast standard prime for astrophotography, at a competitive price.

"I take this step for my country, for my people, and for the Marxist-Leninist way of life."

Comet PanSTARRS recently survived its close brush with the sun.

Samples of Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show that the asteroid bears the scars of a recent bombardment by tiny space rocks.

A week after the Artemis 2 moon mission ended, NASA astronaut Christina Koch struggled to walk in a straight line during a blindfold test. But it's all part of readjusting to life on Earth.

Week in images: 20-24 April 2026 Discover our week through the lens

Amaze, amaze, amaze! A Lego version of the 'Project Hail Mary' spaceship soared into the stratosphere and set an altitude record.

This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured in intricate detail by NASAsHubble Space Telescope in an image released on April 20, 2026. The co...

Much of visual astronomy requires nothing more than clear skies, keen eyes, and patience. If youre out skywatching Saturday evening and live in North or South America, watch for the waxing gibbous Moon pairing with Regul...

Springtime has arrived at the Red Planet's Chasma Boreale, as this photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows.

A team of astrophysicists from Nanjing University and University of Bonn have demonstrated that, rather than being random, the mass of new stars born inside a star cluster is actually governed by a defined process of sel...

For observers on Earth, the sun appears as a bright, familiar disk-but what we see is only half the story. Like the moon, one half of the sun is permanently hidden from our direct view: the far side beyond the visible so...

For 10 years, a NASA initiative has helped the agency produce breakthrough aeronautical innovations while fostering the aviation workforce of tomorrow - and theUniversity Leadership Initiative(ULI) is still flying high, ...

The moon will briefly hide Regulus in a dramatic occultation visible across parts of the eastern U.S.

Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero Galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its recognizable extended halo, as well as a faint stellar stream, are captured in exquisite detail in this...

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has detected PeV (1015 eV) gamma-ray emission from a pulsar wind nebula powered by PSR J1849-0001 in the constellation Aquila, marking the discovery of a new PeVatr...

Using the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers have observed a nearby young open cluster known as NGC 1647. Results of the new observations, presented in a paper published April...