The rare objects may be the result of unusual stellar mergers.
It's a cosmic case of mistaken identity, and we can thank a NASA scientist for noticing that the Moon-bound booster wasn't from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
A special lens designed to take images of the telescope’s primary mirror captured the remarkable deep-space self-portrait.
Parker is designed to study the Sun, but the plucky probe is unexpectedly teaching us new things about Venus.
Hayabusa2 returned from Ryugu with just a teaspoon’s worth of material, but it could be enough to study the entire asteroid.
SpaceX lost 40 satellites after a geomagnetic storm prevented them from rising to their operational orbits.
If confirmed, the exoplanet would be among the lightest ever detected.
SpaceX says its satellites will disintegrate upon atmospheric reentry and won't pose a risk to other space-based equipment.
The comet will make its closest approach to Earth in 2031, and it’s already attracting major attention from astronomers.
Our final view of the doomed booster will be made available tomorrow during a live webcast.
Satellites are increasingly interfering with optical and radio astronomy, prompting the coordinated response.
HD 84406 will go down in history as the first star spotted by the $10 billion space telescope.
New images are potential evidence that North Korean missiles can now reach Guam and the westernmost portions of Alaska.
The ISS will plunge into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as the “spacecraft cemetery.”
Officials say nothing’s wrong with the rocket, it’s just the sheer volume of testing that’s the problem.
The glow would be caused by the spinning rotor blades, which interact with the planet’s atmosphere.
With the addition of two southern hemisphere telescopes, the ATLAS system can do full sky searches.
At nearly one mile wide, the Earth Trojan is the largest yet—but it’s not here to stay.
The discovery dramatically increases the number of known galactic filaments.
After a lanyard fell off its spool, NASA is mulling whether to try again to deploy the solar panel—or do nothing.
