NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...

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Science textbooks may be in for another revision. Our solar system shrank from nine planets to eight after the International ...

A sparkling cloudscape is revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope, which used its instruments to capture multiple wavelengths ...

It really depends on the higher levels of our atmosphere, but a lower dew point is a better starting point for good observing ...

Instead of using thrusters, SPHEREx relies on a system of reaction wheels to control its orientation. The observatory will ...

The biggest and brightest satellite will be zooming over Ohio this weekend. Here's how to see the International Space Station ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) utilizes mid-infrared spectroscopy to precisely analyze molecular components such as ...

After initial positioning by ground control, the satellite duo’s autonomous system of cameras, LEDs, and laser rangefinders ...

A mysterious cluster of 60 stars may be just another Milky Way star cluster, or it may be one of the smallest galaxies ever ...

China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to the moon during the daytime.