In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift ...

During the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, evaluations for federal research grants ground to a halt and ...

Astronomers are uncovering new ways to study the universe’s first stars, objects too distant and faint to observe directly, by examining the ancient 21-centimeter radio signal left behind by hydrogen ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have uncovered a voraciously feeding and rapidly growing ...

While the feds idled, an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS was barnstorming the solar system, at a speed that reached 153 ...

A team of researchers has confirmed stars ring loud and clear in a "key" that will harmonize well with the science goals and ...

A new study casts doubt on the universe’s accelerating expansion, suggesting dark energy might be weakening over time.

NASA released images of an interstellar comet flying past Mars, and scientists expressed doubt about the possibility that it ...

Funding uncertainties are pushing U.S. space scientists out of the field and putting existing and future space missions on the chopping block.

The moss species Physcomitrium patens is the latest organism to survive an extended stay in the vacuum and radiation of space.

NASA released a trove of never-before-seen images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, unveiling new characteristics of the ...

In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss sits down with Marshall Smith, CEO of Starlab Space for a fireside chat at ...