Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have created the clearest map yet of the universe’s “cosmic web” — the enormous hidden structure that connects galaxies across space. By analyzing ...

The Milky Way's galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets, and other free-floating objects. This region has been studied for ...

Amid the many attention-grabbing headlines of 2026, there is a recent one that may have flown under the radar but shouldn't ...

And the views are stunning, too. Astronomers have captured an extraordinary new look at the hidden birthplaces of star ...

A spiral galaxy's brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

To date, humanity has discovered over 6,200 confirmed exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, according to NASA's ...

A little more than three years since NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet ...

In April 2026, the SETI Institute’s work spanned both scientific research and broader questions about how discoveries are ...

A team of engineers has created a breakthrough memory device that keeps working at temperatures hotter than molten lava, shattering one of electronics’ biggest limits. Built from an unusual stack of ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years of incredible discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy ...