Heliostats that harness sunlight by day could help detect asteroids by night, offering the U.S. a scalable planetary defense ...

This image depicts the X-ray emission intensity distribution (keyed in colors) calculated by the proposed model and Earth’s ...

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bengaluru have managed to peek into one of the fleeting windows ...

Betelgeuse, easily visible to the naked eye and one of the largest stars near Earth, has captured human attention for ...

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the very first solid particles forming around a baby sun-like star, HOPS-315, over 1,300 light-years away. Using Nasa’s James Webb Telescope and ALMA in ...

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources ...

NASA is gearing up for a bold new era of lunar exploration with three advanced instruments set to investigate the Moon’s surface and subsurface. Two will ride aboard the upcoming Lunar Terrain Vehicle ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

Johns Hopkins APL and Blue Canyon Technologies have collaborated on agile, reliable space solutions for government sponsors, ...

Solar energy plays a big role in the fight against climate change. As the world turns to solar power, concerns about the environmental impact of traditional solar panels continue to grow.