Invisible without a telescope or binoculars is an even more distant world: Neptune. It sits 4° east of Venus tonight and will feature in our entry for tomorrow. Sunrise: 7:12 A.M. Sunset ...

“One of Hubble’s lasting achievements will be how it showed the public the wonders of the universe,” Kenneth Sembach, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, told National ...

Equipped with high spectroscopy, among other advanced features, the James Webb Space Telescope enabled scientists to study the atmosphere of the planet by studying starlight passing through its ...

Giving everyone unfettered access without global coordination and planning means that eventually no one may be able to use it. If we keep up this pace, orbital space will become unusable ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...

pushed through fewer high-profile space policy initiatives, it was not without its successes. With one of its more visible priorities being to elevate international space partnerships, it cemented ...

Two major space launches in two days got 2025 off to a rousing start. The Blue Ghost lunar lander is on its way to the moon, and just one day after it left Earth, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue ...

A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data from multiple surveys to compile one of the largest samples of “little red dots” (LRDs) to date. (NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI ...

In its 34 years orbiting the Earth, NASA’s mighty Hubble Space Telescope has discovered trillions of galaxies within the universe ... You can’t do that with any other large galaxy,” said principal ...

The district had learned about McKee’s interest earlier in the fall. She expressed a desire to preserve green space, he said. Additionally, Smalley reported that park staff and board commissioners had ...

They are used by telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope to observe remote stars and galaxies such as Earendel, the most distant known star from Earth. The light viewed by the telescope ...

No space company has ever landed the first-stage of a rocket on the first attempt. It took SpaceX years to successfully land the first-stage of its Falcon 9 − something that has become routine ...