The Orion Nebula is the closest large star-forming region, located within the Milky Way just 1,500 light-years from Earth.

The 21st century is featuring a second space age that is increasingly private.

In a landmark achievement, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet. About the same mass as Saturn, it was found in a star system about 111 light-years distant. It’s also the ...

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A repeating fast radio burst has just given up one of its biggest secrets. Long-term observations revealed a rare signal ...

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The protostar is launching the longest outburst ever seen at 32 light-years long.

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Development of the Lazuli Space Observatory space-based telescope would be led by Schmidt Sciences, which characterizes it as ...

The University of Arizona will serve as mission control for a newly launched space telescope designed to study distant ...

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Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what we know about the universe. Surely, any picture taken of, say, ...