The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating three years from its launch. Its discoveries have already changed our understanding of the early universe.
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Disney’s ‘Moana’ movies have brought a new level of excitement for astronomy and wayfinding, says an astronomer who regularly hosts planetarium shows.
Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.
An extreme heating event may have interfered with scientists’ attempts to figure out the Moon’s age by dating lunar rock samples.
Killjoys on social media say there’s no point wishing on stars because they are already dead – but the naysayers are completely wrong.
The International Space Station is an engineering feat that has led to countless scientific discoveries. Like the thousands of satellites in orbit, it manages to stay up in the atmosphere.
It’s a good idea to make sure your spacecraft can take the heat that comes with reentering Earth’s atmosphere before you put people in it.
Many of her male colleagues believed Pearl Young had an attitude problem based on her efforts to advocate for herself and her team.
The universe is constantly expanding, but how do scientists think about what it’s expanding into?
NASA administrators have hard choices to make, but the outcomes are often out-of-this-world exciting.
Most objects in the universe have been around for way longer than modern astronomy – digging into historical records can help scientists shed light on a cosmic mystery.
Once the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer couldn’t survey widely anymore, NASA scientists switched gears and began using the spacecraft for planetary defense.
The Space Launch System is a crucial part of America’s plans to return to the Moon.
In 1924, astronomer Edwin Hubble realised two objects were too distant to be inside our galaxy.
We already have some clues to what the Trump administration will change on space policy.
Astronomers have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity.
On what would’ve been the astronomer’s 90th trip around the Sun, here’s a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and communicator.
Jupiter’s composition is more similar to that of the Sun than that of the Earth.
Ramses, a European space mission to study the asteroid Apophis, has been approved for perparatory work.
Disabled astronauts have lots to offer, but spaceflight has traditionally been limited to the able-bodied.
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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