ESA’s Euclid telescope discovers 31 ancient quasars, including the two oldest ever found, shining with a trillion suns’ light from 750 million years after the Big Bang.
Astronomers discover a calm gas filament near the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, where stars are forming despite extreme turbulence. A quiet island in a cosmic storm.
How ISRO used a wooden bullock cart to transport India’s first communication satellite APPLE for non-magnetic antenna tests in 1981—a symbol of frugal innovation that launched a space program.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope released a stunning July Fourth image of globular cluster NGC 6652, showing red, white, and blue stars that look like a cosmic sparkler. Learn the science behind the spectacle.
NASA’s Hubble captures a stunning crimson nebula NGC 1333, sparkling with white and blue stars. A window into star formation and our cosmic origins.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX remains private with a valuation over $180 billion. Why the lockup on shares may last years, and what it means for employees, investors, and the future of space travel.
NASA launches a daring rescue mission to save the Swift telescope. A robotic spacecraft will boost the aging observatory to a higher orbit, extending its life by a decade.
NASA’s robotic spacecraft has launched to rescue a decaying X-ray telescope before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. Here’s how the daring orbital catch works.
NASA’s Artemis II mission drew 149.4 million views across its live streams, breaking the agency’s all-time record. Here’s how they did it and what it means for space exploration.
Ray Jayawardhana, an astrophysicist and exoplanet hunter, begins his tenure as Caltech’s 10th president. He outlines priorities in climate, space exploration, and diversity.
NASA’s Curiosity rover explores polygonal terrain on Mars, hinting at ancient wet-dry cycles. Scientist William Farrand explains the geology and what it means for the search for life.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a Jupiter-like planet survived its star’s death, migrated to a tight orbit around a white dwarf, and what this means for Earth’s future.