The James Webb Space Telescope was built with a flaw, and because it's a million miles away, we can't repair it, but we can ...

The United States' spy satellite agency is giving NASA two spare space telescopes free of charge, each potentially more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA officials announced today (June 4 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has measured for the first time the chemical composition and physical characteristics ...

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NASA's NICER telescope halts its mission after a key motor fails; engineers attempt to salvage eight years of space science.

The Sun, an ever-burning ball of gas at the center of our solar system, has always fascinated people. But now, scientists are seeing it like never before. Thanks to the most powerful solar telescope ...

Satellites in low Earth orbit currently disrupt radioastronomical observations hundreds of times a day. An automated data-sharing system co-developed by SpaceX and American radio astronomers promises ...

For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers now confirm that this small body, named 2025 PN7, is traveling in a special ...

Deep in the Appalachian mountains lies a hidden piece of space history. On a nearly 200-acre property tucked into the Pisgah ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a moment, it outshined everything else in the sky. The ensuing search for its ...

Join me as I track satellites right from my Tokyo balcony using a simple amateur telescope. Learn tips for spotting ...