Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

The mystery of the Hubble tension has deepened with the startling finding that the Coma Cluster of galaxies is 38 million ...

Dec. 20, 2024 — One of the biggest mysteries in science -- dark energy -- doesn't actually exist, according to researchers looking to solve the riddle of how the Universe is expanding.

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Space exploration also helps us understand the building blocks of the universe by studying cosmic phenomena like black holes, ...

Project Hyperion Design Competition: envisioning interstellar generation ships for humanity's future in space and sustainable ...

That Rich was presenting the story of Edwin Hubble at the January 2025 AAS meeting was symbolic, for it was at the 33rd ...

Space agencies around the world are setting their sights on new frontiers, with plans to explore Venus and other distant ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...

Traveling from one star to another is currently impossible to achieve within a human lifetime. But some projects are ...

New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...