NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched on the first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond…
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Space refers to the vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere where planets, stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena exist. It is a realm defined by extreme conditions—near vacuum, intense radiation, and temperatures ranging from blistering heat to freezing cold. Space exploration has revealed a universe rich with complexity, from black holes and exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background that offers clues to the Big Bang. For scientists, space is both a frontier and a laboratory, offering insights into fundamental physics, the origins of the universe, and the potential for life beyond Earth. It continues to inspire curiosity, innovation, and a deeper sense of our place in the cosmos.
LIVE, 6:30 p.m. Eastern: NASA TV coverage of the launch of TESS, NASA’s new planet-hunting…
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have completed an unprecedented “dissection” of twin galaxies…
Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling…
Can we tell black holes apart? Astrophysicists at Goethe University Frankfurt answer this question by…
“The directive I am signing today will refocus America’s space program on human exploration and…
University of Miami astrophysicist Nico Cappelluti studies the sky. An assistant professor in the Physics…
This intriguing image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a massive galaxy cluster called…
A Science Pipeline to New Planet Discoveries NASA’s ongoing search for life in the universe…
This dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region Monoceros R2, located some 2700…
A “core-collapse” supernova occurs when the iron core of a massive star collapses under the…
New result draws on 30 years of research and development and begins the definitive search…
Planets orbiting “short-period” binary stars, or stars locked in close orbital embrace, can be ejected…
Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized by the IAU in…
On a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
A well-known experiment with young people bouncing a ball showed that when an observer focuses…
The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile allows astronomers to suppress…
“Sunrise crashes an aurora party over the southern hemisphere,” said astronaut Ricky Arnold of the…