Browsing: Space & Astronomy

The M88 galaxy as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker)Be careful: if you…

NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory is the agency’s next flagship space telescope, designed to do something no previous instrument has managed:…

An annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 6, 2027, when the moon’s cone-shaped central shadow will not quite reach…

When we think about a black hole, we probably picture some vast cosmic titan, greedily consuming any matter unfortunate enough…

Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar — or active nucleus of a galaxy — that’s powered by a feeding supermassive…

It’s hard to fit everything on a small satellite, especially the fuel, but a new propulsion system could make it…

Early risers on Wednesday morning (June 10) will be able to partake in an interesting rendezvous between the moon and…

Galaxies don’t grow forever. At some point, even the most prolific star-forming galaxies start to slow down, then stall, then…

HOUSTON — NASA has announced the astronauts who will launch to space on the Artemis 3 mission next year.The international…

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has ratified protocols advising what an astronomer should do if they discover evidence for…