Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these ...

The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a ...

A new collage from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals eight dazzling examples of gravitational lensing.

A powerful new telescope in outback Australia has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new galaxies and opening the way to new discoveries, the country's ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a massive red supergiant star just before it exploded, finally solving a cosmic ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

According to theory, massive red supergiant stars should cause most supernovae, yet they are rarely observed. New James Webb ...

Astronomers using JWST have captured the clearest view yet of a doomed red supergiant star just before it exploded, solving a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for ...