NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for ...

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A team of astronomers has detected a mysterious “heartbeat” signal originating from deep space, capturing the attention of ...

In the vast universe, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has captured the attention of countless astronomers with its unique trajectory and unknown origin. This frozen traveler from distant interstellar ...

An impossibly bright galaxy is forcing scientists to rewrite the rules of the Big Bang’s aftermath. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Scientists have found a remarkably small yet bright object ...

When humans are in a weightless environment for an extended period, their muscles atrophy due to lack of use. This phenomenon ...

(The 4 biggest space mysteries the new observatory could solve) The observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope, shown at night on May 30, 2025, is attached to a massive 3,200-megapixel camera.

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Researchers from the University of Northern Iowa are exploring some of the nation’s deepest caves to learn about life in extreme environments, and their findings could ultimately help NASA in ...

This nearly perfect "cosmic bubble" has made headlines around the world — here's what all the fuss is about.

Perched high in the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains, a revolutionary new space telescope has just taken its first pictures of the cosmos—and they’re spectacular. Astronomers are excited about the ...