The universe is ready for its close-up. Breathtaking images of thousands of galaxies taken by a 609-megapixel camera have ...

A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

After five years of staring unblinking at the sky, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) has compiled the most detailed map ...

When it comes to space travel, Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is a major inconvenience. With the laws of physics ...

March is one of the best months of the year to see the aurora borealis. Here's how to catch a glimpse of the northern lights ...

A recent study from the (UEF) examines how photons—the fundamental particles of light—behave when they encounter sudden ...

author of "The Northern Lights: The Definitive Guide to Auroras (Collins, 2021) and chief aurora hunter for Hurtigruten Astronomy Cruises, told Space.com. "The interaction between the Earth's ...

Astronauts orbiting 250 miles above Earth got a front-row seat to destruction on Thursday. During a SpaceX flight test of ...

Alan Shepard kicked off American space flight encouraging NASA engineers to “light this candle” in 1961. We need that same energy today. Sustainment is not an effective acquisition strategy in ...

In addition, a new type of space-time duality was explored for powerful analogies bridging different fields of optics. In 1836, Henry F. Talbot performed an experiment, where he observed light ...