The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

Sunspot AR3088 put on a striking display of solar activity, unleashing multiple M-class flares as it rotated across and out of view of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). This time-lapse, ...

AN amazing time-lapse of the Northern Lights was captured earlier this week as one photographer declared it could have been ...

A record-breaking asteroid has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory just seven days after it began its observations. Based on this performance result, scientists and astronomers can expect ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer—a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin. The study provides ...

The Mauna Kea protests are gaining star power as Native Hawaiian groups continue to block construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope. Astronomers want to build a telescope they say would change the ...

Planets, stars, and star clusters, oh my!

The sun's inner corona, the hottest part of our star's atmosphere, appears faint yellow in a time-lapse made from images ...

The total solar eclipse on Nov. 25, 2030, will mainly cross the Indian Ocean, but views will be possible from Australia, ...

A severe G4 geomagnetic storm on January 19, 2026 enabled widespread aurora visibility across multiple continents following the arrival of a fast coronal mass ejection.

Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP ...

Developed by Hughes through the F-111 program, the AWG-9, mated with the AIM-54 Phoenix, made the Grumman F-14 Tomcat the most deadly fleet defense weapon of its time. Produced by Hughes Aircraft ...