The James Webb telescope has captured some seriously cool direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. This is the ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...

See Jupiter's “frosted cupcake” clouds in this 3D rendering created using data from NASA's Juno mission. It's the first time ...

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a taste of what to expect from the telescope's upcoming decade-long survey ...

The astronomers who operate powerful Vera C. Rubin observatory released debut images June 23, 2025, showcasing just exactly ...

Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...

In just over 10 hours of test observations, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured millions of celestial objects, opening the ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky. Stargazers in the U.S. will need a clear horizon to spot the planetary duo ...

Their orbits are similarly divergent. It takes Jupiter 12 Earth years to complete a single lap of our star while travelling at an average orbital distance of 484 million miles (778 million ...

The latest Mount Etna eruption triggered an avalanche of volcanic material and sent ash miles into the air. Spectacular photos and videos capture the eruption of Europe's largest active volcano.

A super-Earth, Kepler-725c, about 10 times Earth's mass, has been detected in the habitable zone of a sun-like star using the Transit Timing Variation (TTV) technique.