Feb. 27, 2025 — Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly the angular size of the full Moon. What ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

Astronomers have peered back to a time when the universe was just less than 300 million years old. The research team, using JWST revealed something extraordinary in the galaxy: significant amounts of ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Consecutive losses of the Starship rocket suggest that the company’s engineers are not as infallible as its fans may think. By Kenneth Chang The spacecraft, SPHEREx and PUNCH, had been ...

We need to think more carefully about how we categorise the universe, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein NASA’s James Webb Space ...

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A local astronomy group gathered Friday evening to see the "Parade of the Planets". The Astronomy Club of Augusta gave dozens ...

Researchers have identified a galaxy that existed when the universe was less than 300 million years old. This galaxy, known ...

A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3 when the Lunar GNSS ...