When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

By Alex Travelli An issue with a ground system that supports the Falcon 9 rocket led to a postponement of at least one day of the latest rotation of space station crews. By Kenneth Chang The ...

Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million ...

Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an ... for the lunar surface. The WNYC science program “Radiolab” partnered ...

The team tracked the signal back to a strange binary system containing a dead star or " white dwarf " and a red dwarf stellar ...

Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in ...

Spherex, an infrared space telescope jointly developed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute and NASA of the U.S ...

NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.