The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new set of stamps celebrating the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space ...

The U.S. Postal Service has issued two new stamps featuring iconic images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The stamps, ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Who is the most famous North Carolinian today?If you check the latest edition of the World Almanac as I do this time every year, you will find a list of “Famous North Carolinians.”That list includes ...

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.

There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...

Astronomers uncover light from ancient galaxy GHZ2, born 13 billion years ago, offering a glimpse into the universe's infancy ...

Leo P, a galaxy once dormant, has reawakened to form stars again, offering new clues about the universe's earliest galaxies.

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate patterns in space, capturing the aftermath of a centuries-old supernova.