"We report the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies known to date," astrophysicist Joris Witstok told Newsweek.

NASA announced its brand new infrared space telescope, SPHEREx, has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos as well. This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems ...

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge ... often in the form of X-rays and ultraviolet light—that explode from the sun's surface.

Two NASA rockets launched from Alaska on March 25 ... The spectacular display was visible across central and northern Alaska. Vaper tracers light up the atmosphere over the Arctic Ocean as ...

A powerful “Cosmic Tornado” has received a high-definition glow-up thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The new look at Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50) released today also answers a ...

Auroras appear when energetic particles “strike the upper atmosphere" after getting trapped in a planet’s magnetic field, according to NASA. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free ...

Two NASA rockets launched into auroras over Alaska last week to study the impact that these geomagnetic light shows have on Earth's upper atmosphere, and the results were gorgeous. The experiment ...

Hard work is paying off for the Center for Detectors as the team has recently achieved first light using a single photon imaging detector for a NASA-funded project. The center is working to advance ...