Gravitational lenses bend and focus light from the more distant cosmos, offering astronomers a cheat code for chronicling the ...

Far above our heads in space, are giant doughnut shaped CLOUDS OF DANGEROUS RADIATION.THESE BELTS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL FOR SATELLITES AND ASTRONAUTS THAT PASS THR ...

The Earth has pulled in moons of this type before but none have ever stuck around as long as the moon we know.

NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to ...

NGC 3312 is located front and center in the new image, surrounded by bright stars and galaxies. A smudge of interstellar material can be seen at the lower right of the galaxy, suggesting it is being ...

From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...

For five days, the crew of the Polaris Dawn mission completed a number of objectives that could one day bolster deep-space ...

Astronomers pointed the powerful James Webb Space Telescope at a distant zone dubbed the "Extreme Outer Galaxy," and zoomed ...

The Museum of Natural and Cultural History opens its newest exhibit featuring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, ...

The SpaceX Dragon capsule made a water landing Sunday in Florida, bringing to an end the historic commercial Polaris Dawn ...

Webb Telescope captured stunning images of the Extreme Outer Galaxy. The findings show young star clusters, protostars, and ...

A new exhibit opens tonight at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History showcasing images captured in outer space by the ...