Public opposition to the military’s plan to build up to seven telescopes in a state conservation district atop Haleakalā has been mounting in recent weeks, after the release of a draft environmental ...

Exoplanet science has entered an exciting new phase with the development of the EXCITE mission, a groundbreaking project designed to enhance our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres. Unlike ...

A dazzling new Hubble image peels back the layers of the mysterious Egg Nebula, a rare and fleeting phase in a Sun-like star’s death just 1,000 light-years away. Hidden inside a dense cocoon of dust, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old.

Space observatories tend to work quietly, collecting data long before images reach the public. In March 2025, NASA launched the SPHEREx space telescop.

The atmospheres of exoplanets have been a focal point of the field lately, with the James Webb Space Telescope taking a look at as many as it can manage. But time on the world's most powerful space ...

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope got a rare look at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery. Many years ago, scientists saw a dense, bright spot near a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile ...

Worlds like Tatooine—the iconic twin-sun planet from Star Wars—are no longer confined to science fiction; they have entered ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture Wednesday.