Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt aims to fly the first private space telescope by 2029. Will it pave the way for more private ...

Pablo’s Galaxy existed about three billion years after the Big Bang and lies roughly 11 billion light-years from Earth.

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Gamma rays are invisible and ultra-powerful forms of light. They are the most energetic source of radiation known in the ...

The gravitational lens JVAS B1938+666 consists of massive bodies ranging from 6.5 billion to 11 billion light-years away, ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

As the new year unfolds, January 3, 2026, will present a captivating celestial event: the first full moon of the year, known as the Wolf Moon. This extraordinary sight will reach its peak fullness at ...

Hubble reveals a chaotic spiral galaxy whose close encounter with a neighbor has ignited a spectacular burst of star birth.

Illinois residents may be able to catch a peek of the first full moon of 2026 tonight. Here's when to venture outside.

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

A spectacular supermoon and the first meteor shower of the new year will soon appear in the California night sky. The supermoon will be the fourth massive moon in a row to rise above the Golden State.