A new observatory in South Wairarapa lets visitors watch exploding stars far away - and take the photos home with them. The Cretney Observatory, which opened Saturday 13 September, boasts a powerful ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine ...

As NASA described it, the stellar jet located on the outskirts of the Milky Way resembles Darth Maul’s double-bladed lightsaber from “Star Wars.” ...

A Chilean astronomer has become dedicated to battling light pollution in the Atacama Desert and preserve what is considered ...

But over the summer, 3I/ATLAS, has plunged toward the inner solar system—and the fireworks show has begun in earnest. When ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space ...

Texas A&M's firing of professor is a 'dangerous turning point' for academic freedom, advocates say Judge says Trump ...

To distinguish an Earth-like planet from its star at a distance of roughly 30 light-years, a space telescope must collect ...

About 40 light-years away, orbiting a dim, cool red star called Trappist-1 are seven planets. One of them, scientists have ...

The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

Phillips and his wife Carolina Esswein, 54, CEO of a power services utility company, sold that house to move to Wilmington, ...

Webb telescope found new clues about planet TRAPPIST-1 e, ruling out thick air and keeping the hope for liquid water - and ...