How big is our universe? This very question, among others , was debated by two leading astronomers 100 years ago today in what has become k...

It's been 30 years since NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2VD1iVR

Skywatchers had high hopes that a comet called ATLAS would light up the night sky this spring, with forecasts suggesting it could become bri...

The Hubble Space Telescope's contributions extend far beyond the scientific sphere, into the everyday lives of regular people around the...

The Progress 75 cargo spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station, wrapping up a brief orbital chase. from Space.com https:/...

These bright ridges of interstellar gas and dust are bathed in energetic starlight. With its sea of young stars, the massive star-forming ...

The robotic Progress 75 freighter, which is packed with nearly 3 tons of propellant, food and other supplies, launched atop a Russian Soyuz ...

SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites will soon sport an accessory to tamp down their surprising brightness. from Space.com https://if...

A prototype ventilator built in just 37 days by engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory passed a key test this week at the Icahn S...

The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City will host its first-ever "Virtual Astronomy Live" webcast today (April 24)...

In the beginning, it was just the Large Space Telescope, its mundane name a marker of how very extraordinary an observatory it was. from S...

Watch this video. In only a minute or so you can explore the night skies around planet Earth through a compilation of stunning timelapse se...

As NASA tackles the coronavirus pandemic with the rest of the nation, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine urges and warns space enthusiasts t...

The first two prototype telescopes for the ambitious PANOSETI project are up and running.   from Space.com https://ift.tt/2Vykyns

Tiny, levitating "nanocardboard" flyers could one day explore the dusty red surface of Mars. from Space.com https://ift.tt/34W2Z...

Scientists suspect that the complex life that slithers and crawls through every nook and cranny on Earth emerged from a random shuffling of ...

In the final episode of "Cosmos: Possible Worlds," Neil deGrasse Tyson pays homage to Carl Sagan and ponders the possible futures ...

Celebrate 30 years of the Hubble Space Telescope with this gallery of our favorite views from the iconic observatory. from Space.com https...

Earth's annual Lyrid Meteor Shower peaked before dawn yesterday, as our fair planet plowed through debris from the tail of long-period...

SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit on a used rocket today (April 22) and you can watch it all live online. ...