NASA’s Roman Space Telescope completes vibration, acoustic and electronic tests. Launch preparations continue for a fall 2026 ...

That's Griffith Observatory, of course, a building that sits quite far from both our lunar bestie and nearest star, physically, but in spirit? Heading up the hill to the astronomy-centric spot is like ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years of incredible discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy.

The FCC will determine whether Reflect Orbital will be permitted to launch mirrors into space. | Credit: Illustration by ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA has tapped startup Katalyst to save a $500 million orbiting observatory from falling into Earth's atmosphere by launching a spacecraft meant to push it farther in space, a ...

Astronomers warn that proposed orbiting mirrors and millions of AI satellites could significantly brighten the night sky, affecting telescopes, scientific research, and global dark sky areas.

Every year, all telescopes on Earth and in space combined discover around 20,000 new asteroids. In just its first ten hours of activity, a single new observatory discovered 2,104 asteroids, or in ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia is ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted ...

The first image represents just a fraction of the power the observatory's eventual camera will have. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

BAE Systems says it has successfully delivered the “SPHEREx” space observatory to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, ahead of a planned launch in late February. Short for “Spectro-Photometer ...