Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct ...

You might be able to see the so-called 'smiley face' if you're just at the right spot. But this facial feature will only have ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

In celebration of 35 years spent in orbit around Earth, the Hubble team has released a set of four new images showing the ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. NASA via AP Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

With Katy Perry’s space odyssey this week and Donald Trump’s expressed plan to plant the American flag on Mars, we look at 12 ...