Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way's spiral disk — and it's not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.
Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to "revisit the discussion" on Pluto's planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.
By peering deep inside Orion's star-forming gas clouds, radio astronomers have been able to directly measure the masses of young binary stars, confirming that our theoretical models are on the right lines.
The ongoing military conflict regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz may well mirror a future situation off-Earth — the use of cislunar space, the region between the moon and our planet.
"With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory and observation."
The Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy, stuns in this ambassador's picture.
NASA is exploring ways to use a fleet of drones to explore the lunar south pole with an ambitious new MoonFall project.
The private WorldView Legion 4 Earth-observing satellite snapped an amazing photo of the Hubble Space Telescope on April 23, 2026, a day before the obsevatory's 36th birthday.
A new study suggests that most "post-starburst galaxies" cease star formation because they run out of fuel. But that's not the full story.
The eROSITA spacecraft has built the most precise map of soft X-rays over Earth, observing a fascinating phenomenon driven by solar winds from the sun.
