The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have been a fragment of an icy exoplanet, research suggests. When 1I/’Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined
The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have been a fragment of an icy exoplanet, research suggests. When 1I/’Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake. Sharp emission peaks near 3.3 microns reveal methane in the gas phase
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted the most chemically rich disk ever observed around a brown dwarf, a cool, faint object sometimes dubbed a “failed star.”
WASHINGTON — The inclusion of a 30-day demonstration mission in revised plans by NASA to support development of commercial space stations does not represent a permanent shift to shorter missions.
WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department has moved to rescind 40% of the current-year funding for the Office of Space Commerce. According to industry sources, the office was informed in late
NASA and Northrop Grumman are preparing to send the company’s next cargo mission to the International Space Station, flying research to support Artemis missions to the Moon and human exploration
Using a powerful combination of the Subaru Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered seven supermassive black hole-powered quasars surrounded by veils of dust that existed
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(NewsNation) — “The truth needs to be known,” Air Force veteran Dylan Borland told members of Congress Tuesday at a hearing on UAP, as he testified for the first time
NASA/NExSS Extraterrestrial Photosynthesis Workshop A NASA Exoplanets System Science (NExSS) WorkshopMay 15-17, 2026Heidel House, Green Lake, Wisconsin, USAPreceding AbSciCon 2026 About this workshop The prospect of obtaining light reflected from