The FS Tau region has never looked as stunning as it does in a new image from the powerful space telescope.

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Celebrating America's 250th birthday, Space.com looks back at what our understanding of space was like in 1776 and what major ...

Plans for 1.7 million new satellites have astronomers sounding the alarm, with a new ESO study calling for a hard cap of 100,000.

A sliver of space where scientists found Segue 1, a faint dwarf galaxy about 75,000 light-years away, in 2006. Credit: Marla Geha / W.M. Keck Observatory It started with a homework assignment: A ...

Two senators earmarked $85 million for the move to Houston—but safely shipping an 86-ton shuttle orbiter cross-country could ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids, which will from now on be discovered at an astonishing rate as it begins ...

A pair of stars spiraling around each other. That's the origin of a new source of repeating radio bursts we've detected, called ASKAP J1745. In recent years, astronomers have been puzzling over ...

For 36 years, Space Place has opened the universe to stargazers young and old. At the end of June, it will close due to ...

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From ancient star traditions to cutting-edge space research, astronomy has always reflected humanity’s desire to understand the universe. Stargazing through time explores this sweeping story, tracing ...