DARPA’s TBD2 program aims to track tiny spacecraft across deep space, creating the first wide-area surveillance of the ...

In a historic first, astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using a galaxy-sized antenna of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Ultra-deep images, such as this one from Hubble, still have fundamental limitations. We cannot be certain we've identified all of the faint, small, diffuse objects in this field of view. From its ...

In a groundbreaking development, astronomers have recorded a perfect geometric signal from deep space. This remarkable discovery could potentially shed new light on the enigmatic universe and the ...

Previous studies concluded there were some weird light-generating objects out there, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Reading time 3 minutes To paraphrase the great Nigel Tufnel, when you look ...

Leftover light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don't know how to fix it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the probe looked back at its home planet and captured a rare view of Earth, ...

Astronomers have spotted a "butterfly" in deep space. The bubble of gas, known as NGC 2899, was spotted between 3,000 and 6,500 light-years away, in the Southern constellation of Vela (The Sails). It ...