American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according ...

A new planet has been discovered by NASA and an army of astronomy enthusiasts using "backyard telescopes". Called TOI-4465 b, ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

If you missed my first 10 cool things about the Moon, you can read them here. Now you're ready for 10 more. #11. The Moon's ...

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

Made from over 1,100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the video begins with a close-up of two galaxies ...

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Visible in the early-morning sky today, Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus reaches superior conjunction just 1.4′ due south of Saturn. The proximity makes the now-11th-magnitude moon easier to find, as ...

"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells ...

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...

An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian woman astronomer whose pioneering work at the University of Cambridge has ...