New data from the James Webb Space Telescope may solve a riddle from the universe’s beginnings. A compact, distant object called “The Cliff” appears to show that many of the mysterious “little red ...

Cosmic dust, it turns out, isn’t made of miniature rocks. It’s fluff. A comprehensive analysis of data from space missions, ...

NASA has awarded a contract to execute a high-stakes orbital maneuver, racing against time and atmospheric drag to prevent a critical science asset from tumbling back to Earth. The target of this ...

MIT joins the consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, thanks to a donation by Phillip and Susan Ragon.

The crop of winners showcases a dazzling range of shots, including views of the Milky Way, comets blasted by solar wind and the elusive Spaghetti Nebula. The overall winning image, taken by Weitang ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Floating high above Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured some of the most breathtaking images ever ...

Our Universe was 'pre-heated' in its early moments, according to a new study from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy ...

Explore some breathtaking NASA Astronomy Pictures of the Day from September 2025, showcasing cosmic wonders and celestial ...

A long-exposure image taken from Cerro Pachón captures the luminous road connecting two of Chile's most important ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology expands one of the largest public-private partnerships in science, strengthening U.S. leadership in astronomy and engineeringPASADENA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.