The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

Blue Ghost and New Glenn started off the year right. Many more launches are on the way, and many can be watched online.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared glow of an ancient supernova's light echo, revealing ...

Communication is key. That’s true on Earth and it’s true in space. But in space, you need to contend with a crucial fact of life. The speed of light is finite and distances between worlds are pretty ...

A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a ...

"The rate at which the planet is evaporating is utterly cataclysmic, and we are incredibly lucky to be witnessing the final hours of this dying planet." ...

Project Hyperion Design Competition: envisioning interstellar generation ships for humanity's future in space and sustainable ...

Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space since 2021, including ...

While an antimatter engine is very far off, researching it could yield other discoveries as well.

Christopher Nolan's 2014 blockbuster sci-fi epic Interstellar is being re-released in Indian cinemas on the occasion of its ...

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