Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made a surprising discovery about a galaxy long, long ago and far, far ...

Astronomy and commercial space are often portrayed as being on a collision course, yet their futures are deeply intertwined. As satellite constellations expand, astronomers raise concerns about trails ...

A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search ...

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Gravity used to be the most dependable rule in the cosmic rulebook, the quiet background force that never changed its mind. Now a series of discoveries and bold claims are turning that certainty into ...

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Here’s one less thing to worry about: Scientists have confirmed that NASA is even better than it thought at protecting us from asteroids. Despite doomsday movie plots about Earth-ending collisions, a ...

The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astronomy and astrophysics with the research community, the ...

Speaking from space, the four-member Artemis II crew on Friday described their elation after a critical trans-lunar burn sent them beyond Earth’s orbit toward the moon. Photo: NASA The Artemis ...

Of the roughly 7,300 active satellites in Earth orbit, about 3,600 are part of SpaceX’s growing fleet of Starlink internet ...

Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall ...