The beautiful supernova remnant looks a little different from other examples of stars that detonated in the past. And it should, because according to astronomers, the star that met its
The beautiful supernova remnant looks a little different from other examples of stars that detonated in the past. And it should, because according to astronomers, the star that met its
One of the most iconic cosmic scenes in the Universe lies nearly 3.8 billion light-years away from us in the direction of the constellation Carina. This is where two massive
What new methods can be developed in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)? This is what a recent white paper submitted to the 2025 NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration
Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered a lot of attention, including several missions designed
U.S. astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a “sprite” blazing to life above an intense thunderstorm — and she did this while orbiting
On October 7, 2014, Japan launched the Himawari 8 satellite, followed by Himawari 9 on November 2, 2016. While these satellites primarily serve to monitor Earth’s weather and phenomena such
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has canceled a competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman to build a new class of jam-resistant communications satellites, abandoning a traditional procurement approach in
View larger. | Artist’s illustration of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The Mars orbiter is using a new rolling maneuver – turning it essentially upside down – to help it
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS — ESA / Las Cumbres Observatory Astronomers from ESA’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre (NEOCC), part of the Agency’s Planetary Defence Office, made these observations of the newly
A comparison of state-of-the-art geometric distances that serve to anchor the distance scale and their current relative uncertainties. Additional candidate (≲1 Mpc) eclipsing binary hosts to target in future are