New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have captured a rare cosmic event: Two galaxy clusters have...
Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as “Cosmic Noon,”...
Over the past several days, NASA’s ambitious space exploration plans have experienced major setbacks. First, on May 30, 2025, newly...
The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building...
Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected...
A series of experiments led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Ujjwal Raut support spectral data recently collected by the James...
SpaceX’s prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to...
The James Webb Space Telescope’s deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies...
For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency...
In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and...
When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant...
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from...
