The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the Milky Way's ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared image shows four coiled shells of dust around a pair of Wolf-Rayet stars known as Apep for the first time. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has ...

Few stars have rattled astronomers quite like Betelgeuse, the swollen red beacon in Orion that dimmed so dramatically in ...

It's just a matter of time before a dead star reignites in space 3,000 light years away. And you'll be able to see it with the naked eye despite the distance. Astronomers say when the explosion ...

NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we know it.

"The discovery of GOTO0650 is really the pinnacle of two years of consistent hard work from our volunteers." Astronomers have teamed up with citizen scientists to discover a brand-new exploding star ...

The comet will come much closer to Jupiter in March, zipping within 33 million miles. It will be the mid-2030s before it reaches interstellar space, never to return, said Paul Chodas, director of NASA ...

A year-end recap of 2025 in space, covering NASA leadership changes, space policy, major missions, scientific discoveries and key events across orbit and beyond.