Japan’s space agency said early Saturday that its spacecraft is on the moon, but is still “checking its status.” More...
Nearly 70 years after the launch of the first satellite, we still have more questions than answers about space. But...
The moon is almost completely covered in dust. Unlike on Earth, this dust is not smoothed by wind and weather,...
An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than...
A crippled American spaceship is set to burn up in the atmosphere over a remote region of the South Pacific...
The brightness peak of the ring around M87’s supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This...
The powerful gravity fields of black holes can devour whole planets’ worth of matter—often so violently that they expel streams...
Although dark matter makes up about 27% of the universe, astronomers have been unable to observe it directly. Now, in...
Columbia researchers analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often...
For the first time, high-resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are offering powerful insights into the complex...
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” spacecraft will attempt a historic touchdown on the lunar surface this weekend using pinpoint technology the country...
For humans, the chance of giving birth to multiples is less than 2%. The situation is different with stars, especially...
