Born in Decatur, Alabama, Dr. Mae Jemison would become the first African-American woman in space by flying on the STS-47 mission on September 12, 1992. Geneva's mayor and other city officials said the ...

Astronomers studying an oddball brown dwarf called “The Accident” have finally spotted silane, a long-predicted silicon ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, a group of European astronomers came together to form an association without precedent in the history of astronomy. Informally known as the Celestial Police (in ...

This is an aerial view of Wheeler Lock in June of 1961 shortly after the needle dam had been placed in the upstream lock gate ...

However, despite Saturn's large size and high visibility, these events have never been captured on camera. Rana, who also works at NASA, recorded an image on July 5, 2025, that appeared to capture a ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have investigated a "failed star," or brown dwarf, nicknamed "The ...

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Cassini spacecraft data has been used to create the infrared views of Saturn's moon Enceladus. "Reddish areas indicate fresh ice," according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: Space.com / im ...

The recent discovery of a planet with rings larger than those of Saturn is a game-changer in our understanding of celestial ...

Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, ...

The Horus Heresy is home to some of the deadliest weapons in the Imperium - many rolled out from the forges of Saturn.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recently conducted an in-depth study of a celestial body known as the 'unexpected' 'failed star'. This discovery may help us unravel long-standing mysteries ...