Space telescopes capture breathtaking galactic hug | Space photo of the day for Jan. 8, 2026
Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace....
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Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace....
Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the night sky....
Chinese researchers have completed a full end-to-end simulation of the Chinese Space Station Telescope's observing systems, offering a preview of how the powerful scope will survey the universe....
NASA's preparing for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around since 1972....
It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before....
The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation....
Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns....
Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026....
Over 30 US states are preparing for Winter Storm Fern. New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images Historic blizzards have caused fatalities, major damage, and lasting infrastructure ch...
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For the first time in the International Space Station's history, NASA safely returned a crew of four astronauts to Earth ahead of schedule due to medical issues affecting one of the group....
A generation ago, the people of Okinawa in Japan were recognised as among the longest-lived in the world, fortunate residents of one of just five “blue zones” around the planet where a combination of ...
The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky....
The frozen areas of our planet act as a historical record of changes in the atmosphere and climate...
China’s commercial space sector logged 50 launches last year – more than half of the country’s total – underscoring the growing role of private players alongside the state-led space programme, with Be...
The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres....
This past week in San Francisco, thousands gathered outside of an aquarium to celebrate one of its residents, an alligator named Claude who died in December....
"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the prospects of extraterrestrial life in its ocean."...
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."...