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Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered the tumultuous history of a distant, hellishly hot exoplanet that’s being stretched and scorched by its star. The planet, known

It took me by surprise, realizing how similar window-shopping sparkly pieces of designer jewelry can feel to marveling at galaxies across our universe. Both require some distance, for example. To

The Japanese company ispace is hoping to make some space history on Thursday (June 5), when it attempts to land a private spacecraft on the moon. But if you’re hoping

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket tends to put on a show, and its latest test flight was no exception. That mission, the ninth ever for the roughly 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship, lifted

NASA astronaut Ed White is seen on the first American spacewalk from the vantage point of his Gemini capsule on June 3, 1965. (Image credit: NASA) On this day (June

The next astronaut launch to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed again. That liftoff — which will kick off Ax-4, the fourth crewed mission by Houston company Axiom

Aliens tend to fall into two distinct camps: those who want to zap us with lasers, and those who want to be our cool new intergalactic BFFs. While the world-invasion

Astronomy has lost one of its most assiduous calculators of eclipses with the passing of astronomer Fred Espenak. On April 15, 2025, Espenak announced on his Facebook page that he

Many people are still recovering from devastating storms during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season even as this year’s season began this week on June 1. And like last year’s, the

To unlock the secrets of dark matter, scientists could turn to supermassive black holes and their ability to act as natural superpowered particle colliders. That’s according to new research that