There’s no doubt that SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has connected the world like never before — but at what cost? Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink’s satellite constellation interfering
There’s no doubt that SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has connected the world like never before — but at what cost? Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink’s satellite constellation interfering
White dwarfs are the stellar remnants left behind by stars after they run out of hydrogen and cease fusion. Only a small number of them are “high-mass white dwarfs” more
US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97,
On June 23, 2025, planetariums around the world, including the historic Prague Planetarium, joined together to unveil the first images captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. What is it?
As an administrative assistant in the Safety and Mission Assurance Office at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juliana Barajas approaches her work with one clear
Deep in the darkness, tiny red specks of light have been driving astronomers to distraction. These mysterious “little red dots” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope shouldn’t exist, they’re
Satellites in low-Earth orbit play a key role in helping us study and understand our planet. Orbiting at altitudes usually between 100 and 1200 miles (160 and 2,000 kilometers), these
Astronauts exploring the moon will need all the help they can get, and scientists have spent lots of time and plenty of money coming up with different systems to do
A picturesque Scottish peninsula immortalized in a hit Paul McCartney song from the 1970s will host a new U.K. rocket development hub as the country works toward its goal of
The James Webb Space Telescope has returned to the scene of one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images, the Ultra Deep Field, to capture galaxies throughout cosmic history.