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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a striking image of a distant quasar from the "cosmic noon," including a giant ...
The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial ...
The time-lapse footage was captured by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim has posted his first time-lapse ...
Dark matter affects how stars move within galaxies, how galaxies build up over time, and how everything in the universe is held together—but no existing tool has directly detected it. While dark ...
A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it now.
Astronomers using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified dozens of small galaxies that played a starring ...
The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and ...
If you've ever wanted a better look at deep space, you now have your chance. A treasure trove of data collected by the James ...
From a Mars rover selfie to an astronaut's view of the flower moon, these space images will give you a new perspective on our ...
As the universe expands, it feels like it must be spreading out from some initial point. But a physicist explains why that’s ...
A NASA-backed project using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has released more than 1.5 TB of data for ...
Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...