An image of Betelgeuse, the yellow-red star, and the signature of its close companion, the faint blue object.Data: ...

PhoSim simulates the atmosphere, including air turbulence, as well as distortions from the shape of the telescope’s mirrors and the electrical properties of the sensors. The photons are propagated ...

A rocky planet with a 24-hour orbit and an ice giant that takes five years to complete its orbit have been detected orbiting ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission is mapping the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, turning raw space data into a public tool for exploring the cosmos.

NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which launched in March 2025, is poised to transform our understanding of the universe. By creating an all-sky map of the cosmos in 102 different infrared wavelengths, this ...

NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now settled into low-Earth orbit, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed the discovery of a new “Super Earth” located about 154 ...

A mysterious black hole spotted between two galaxies that are crashing into each other is challenging existing theories on ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet ...

The paper presented several anomalous characteristics of the object, which could indicate that it is not a comet at all but instead a directed craft.

The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) is celebrating three years of transformational science with a striking new image of ...