The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

See composite views of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy is 500 million light years ...

The sky is awash with radio-frequency interference (RFI), but thanks to two astronomers who tracked down a stray TV broadcast reflected off a passing airplane, there may be a new way to wipe out some ...

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has received emergency time to observe 2024 YR4, a possibly dangerous near-Earth ...

The chance that an asteroid capable of wiping out a city will hit Earth in eight years has been cut in half to around 1.5 percent, according to new calculations from NASA.

On a crisp January evening, as the International Space Station (ISS) streaked across the sky at 17,500 miles per hour, ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...