Latest Deep Space Stories
Bursting stars could explain why it was so bright after the big bang
How tiny spacecraft could ‘sail’ to Mars surprisingly quickly
Why astronomers want to put a telescope on the dark side of the moon
JWST just scanned the skies of potentially habitable exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b
A massive detector in China will try to find a supernova before it happens
Nature generates more data than the internet … for now
31 award-winning astronomy photos: From fiery horizons to whimsical auroras
A newly spotted black hole keeps munching on a star the size of our sun
Astronomers detect a distant galaxy’s magnetic field for the first time
See the stunning Supernova 1987A in a whole new light
The Whirlpool Galaxy’s buff, spiral arms grab JWST’s attention
When two stars orbit each other, gravity gets weird
Watch 17 years of an exoplanet’s journey in only 10 seconds
Two tiny stars fit into an orbit smaller than our sun
The Ring Nebula is a glowing gas-filled donut in the latest JWST snap
Secrets of the early universe are hidden in this chill galaxy cluster
Dust clumps around a young star could one day form planets
5 space robots that could heal human bodies—or even grow new ones
Smashed asteroid surrounded by a ‘cloud’ of boulders
New image reveals a Jupiter-like world that may share its orbit with a ‘twin’
Astronomers spy cosmic dust, with a twist, from the very early universe
How astronomers traced a puzzling signal to a lunchtime mistake
How old is the universe? Our answer keeps getting more precise.
An enormous radio telescope may soon be a powerful tool for planetary defense
15 remarkable JWST images that reveal the wonders of our vast universe
The Milky Way’s shiniest known exoplanet has glittering metallic clouds
Uranus got its name from a very serious authority
Saturn’s rings get a glow up in new near-infrared telescope images
Euclid space telescope begins its search through billions of galaxies for dark matter and energy
Astronomers used dead stars to detect a new form of ripple in space-time
Explosive star ‘demolition derby’ observed for the very first time
NASA turns spectacular space telescope images into vibey ‘cosmic sonifications’
JWST’s double take of an Earth-sized exoplanet shows it has no sky
Astronomers unveil a new way to search for extraterrestrial intelligence
A spacecraft engineer’s wisdom from Mars 2020 and a disaster-stricken island
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NASA’s journey to a strange metal asteroid should finally begin in October
An amateur astronomer spotted a new supernova remarkably close to Earth
This hot Jupiter exoplanet unexpectedly hangs out with a super-Earth
A super pressure balloon built by students is cruising Earth’s skies to find dark matter
A gassy black hole might have burped out the largest cosmic explosion ever
How hundreds of college students are helping solve a centuries-old mystery about the sun
Asteroid belt circling star 25 light-years away hints at a hidden planet
How many planets can form one conga line around a star?
This supermassive black hole sucks big time
JWST captures an unprecedented ‘prequel’ to a galaxy
How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying?
Alien civilizations could send us messages by 2029
An Einstein-backed method could help us find smaller exoplanets than ever before
Jupiter’s icy ocean worlds could be cool travel destinations in the future
You saw the first image of a black hole. Now see it better with AI.
Why is the sun’s corona 200 times hotter than its surface?
Super-thin ‘mirror membranes’ could lead the way to bigger space telescopes
Ice giant Uranus shows off its many rings in new JWST image
Quantum computers can’t teleport things—yet
A powerful explosion rocked space so hard, NASA called it the ‘brightest of all time’
Meet the first 4 astronauts of the ‘Artemis Generation’
How AI can make galactic telescope images ‘sharper’
How the Hubble telescope is keeping a 265-year-old stargazing project alive
‘Oumuamua isn’t an alien probe, but it might be the freakiest comet we’ve ever seen
Gritty, swirling clouds of silica surround exoplanet VHS 1256 b
The secret to Voyagers’ spectacular space odyssey
Your guide to the types of stars, from their dusty births to violent deaths
James Webb Space Telescope captures the beauty of a rare, violent phenomena
DART left an asteroid crime scene. This mission is on deck to investigate it.