Space

A ghostly object orbiting the Milky Way has left astronomers questioning its composition: Is it a dark-matter-dominated dwarf…

The UK Space Agency will cease to exist as an independent entity to cut the cost of bureaucracy,…

In 2020, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft completed its primary mission when it returned samples…

Interactions between supernovae and black holes must be exceedingly rare. But that’s the only explanation for a very…

Starlink operator SpaceX is continuing its fight against state plans to expand fiber broadband availability. After saying the…

Look to the east in the hours preceding sunrise on Aug. 20 to see a thin crescent moon…

“Punctum” may sound like type of punctuation, but to some scientists, it constitutes what may be a brand…

On Aug. 23, the night sky will play host to an unusual lunar event known as a Black…

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet…

Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking…

The early universe is perhaps one of the biggest mysteries of our time, and while we’ve come close to…

At precisely 2:06 a.m. EDT Saturday (Aug. 23), the moon will enter its new moon phase — something…

The Milky Way’s faintest satellite may not be what astronomers thought. ‘These results solve a major mystery in astrophysics’