JWST Pioneer Passes Along Advice for Future Space Telescope Builders

By Alan Boyle - January 12, 2023 11:37 PM UTC | Telescopes

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Astronomers Begin to Understand Strange "Backsplash" Galaxies

By Paul Sutter - January 12, 2023 08:26 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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The Webb Has Confirmed its First Exoplanet, and it's the Same Size as Earth.

By Evan Gough - January 12, 2023 06:38 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Astronomers use the World's Biggest Radio Telescope to map new Features of the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - January 12, 2023 04:38 PM UTC | Milky Way

Using China's FAST radio telescope, a team of Chinese researchers observed previously-unmapped regions of the Milky Way and made some groundbreaking discoveries!

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Game of Probes: The First Probe Sent to Another Civilization Won't Be the First to Arrive

By Evan Gough - January 12, 2023 04:08 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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Will Pluto finally answer, 'Are we alone?'

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - January 11, 2023 11:14 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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"To Boldy Go": The Nichelle Nichols Foundation Continues Actress' Legacy of Inspiration

By Matthew Williams - January 11, 2023 09:07 PM UTC | Space Policy

In honor of her achievements, the Nichelle Nichols Foundation launched with the aim of carrying on her legacy and inspiring the next generation of women and minorities to go to space.

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How a Rotating Universe Makes Time Travel Possible

By Paul Sutter - January 11, 2023 08:13 PM UTC | Cosmology

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This Star is Blasting Out a Concentrated Jet of Material at 500 km/s

By Evan Gough - January 11, 2023 05:02 PM UTC | Stars

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The James Webb Links Modern Green Pea Galaxies to Ancient Galaxies in the Cosmic Dawn

By Evan Gough - January 10, 2023 07:01 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Newly Found Stars are Technically in the Milky Way, but They're Halfway to Andromeda

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - January 10, 2023 06:24 PM UTC | Milky Way

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Blue Straggler Stars are Weird

By Paul Sutter - January 10, 2023 04:00 PM UTC | Stars

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Need a Project? You can Build a Paper Model of the Extremely Large Telescope

By Nancy Atkinson - January 10, 2023 11:43 AM UTC | Telescopes

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The JWST is the Shiny New Space Telescope, but the Dependable Hubble is Still Going Strong

By Evan Gough - January 09, 2023 07:37 PM UTC | Telescopes

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How Could We Detect Life Inside Enceladus?

By Matthew Williams - January 09, 2023 06:22 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A new study provides estimates on what an astrobiology mission could find when it goes to Enceladus and samples its plumes

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133 Days of the Sun's Glory

By Evan Gough - January 09, 2023 04:59 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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China Unable to Reestablish Contact With its Zhurong Mars Rover

By Nancy Atkinson - January 09, 2023 03:44 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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This Serpent's Tail is Made of Starry Nebulae

By Evan Gough - January 09, 2023 02:41 PM UTC | Milky Way

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Comet E3 ZTF Brightens as the First Good Comet of 2023

By David Dickinson - January 09, 2023 05:41 AM UTC | Observing

The first good comet of the year, Comet E3 ZTF is a fine object for northern hemisphere observers in January.

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Is Space Power a Good Idea? A New Spacecraft is Going to Find Out!

By Matthew Williams - January 08, 2023 11:04 PM UTC | Space Policy

Caltech has launched a technology demonstrator that will evaluate space based solar power technologies

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