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The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

Launched without incident, but the James Webb Space Telescope still faces many challenges. In this video, we walk through the ...

For Europe to prosper in the new world order, we must unite in space, writes Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher.

Determining the expansion rate of the universe, the "Hubble constant," shapes our understanding of the cosmos, its age, and its fate.

A dying star is throwing a cosmic tantrum in this combined image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), which NASA has lent to the California Institute of ...

A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), ...

The New Scientist's two-day discovery event featured stargazing, 'fascinating' talks and a tour of the UK's largest radio ...

Brian Greene (Cosmic String Theory) and Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel have collaborated on a National Geographic coffee-table ...

Astronomers are closer than ever to working out how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are set to massively slash costs at NASA. They will likely take aim at extremely costly programs ...

A rare ‘Neptune-sized' planet has been discovered orbiting scorchingly close to its host star - only the fourth planet of its ...