The spins of some early galaxies could be a clue that the entire observable universe exists within a black hole—except, that ...

A NASA space telescope on a mission to map millions of galaxies has turned on its detectors for the first time, capturing ...

A long-simmering disagreement over the universe’s present-day expansion rate shows no signs of resolution, leaving experts ...

Just about everyone has heard of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — not too surprising considering that it has been with us for ...

SPHEREx is somewhat similar to the Webb telescope as it also observes the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the eye but can be felt as heat. With its six detectors, it can break down ...

Let's celebrate April first as "Healthy Skepticism Day", especially with fantastical astronomy stories and images online ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

While life on Earth has been dramatic enough lately, there’s also been an unusual amount of news from space in the early ...

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The eerie glow of Neptune's aurora has been revealed for the first time in new images collected by NASA’s James Webb Space ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a cosmic mirage known as an Einstein ring, where the light ...