Latest Deep Space Stories
DART left an asteroid crime scene. This mission is on deck to investigate it.
Clouds of ancient space water might have filled Earth’s oceans
Sorry, Star Trek fans, the real planet Vulcan doesn’t exist
5 ways we know DART crushed that asteroid (but not literally)
Black hole collisions could possibly send waves cresting through space-time
These 6 galaxies are so huge, they’ve been nicknamed ‘universe breakers’
Why is space cold if the sun is hot?
JWST’s latest new galaxy discoveries mirror the Milky Way
Hubble telescope spies Saturn’s rings in ‘spoke season’
Cosmic cartographers release a more accurate map of the universe’s matter
A college student built an AI to help look for alien radio signals
A green comet is visiting us from the edge of the solar system, and astronomers are thrilled
Our universe mastered the art of making galaxies while it was still young
Physicists figured out a recipe to make titanium stardust on Earth
The James Webb Space Telescope just identified its first exoplanet
Wiggly space waves show neutron stars on the edge of becoming black holes
Dark matter, Jupiter’s moons, and more: What to expect from space exploration in 2023
The spy agency origins of NASA’s next powerful planet-hunting observatory
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Paul M. Sutter
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JWST has changed the speed of discovery, for better or for worse
JWST’s new image unveils a field of glittery galaxies
James Webb Space Telescope reconstructed a ‘star party,’ and you’re invited
With one snapshot, Apollo 17 transformed our vision of Earth forever
Chile’s Very Large Telescope reveals the productive antics of sibling stars
A fierce competition will decide James Webb Space Telescope’s next views of the cosmos
The most awesome aerospace innovations of 2022
60 years of moonshots, made possible by the Deep Space Network
Young star clusters know when it’s time to stop growing
The 100 greatest innovations of 2022
Astronomers now know how supermassive black holes blast us with energy
Ridiculously hot gas giant exoplanet is about to be swallowed by its dying sun
Despite pushback, NASA won’t rename the James Webb Space Telescope
New JWST image shows a hidden, fiery protostar
Want to learn about something in space? Crash into it.
New James Webb Space Telescope image shows a secluded galaxy in stellar detail
To set the record straight: Nothing can break the speed of light
This weird dwarf planet at the edge of our solar system has a new origin story
JWST give a new look at the Pillars of Creation’s majestic explosion of young stars
Why we turn stars into constellations
What spun this exquisite deep-space ‘spider web’? (Hint: not aliens.)
NASA is pumped about its asteroid-smacking accuracy
What would happen if the Milky Way died?
A new VR exhibit takes you inside the James Webb Space Telescope’s images
X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images
Engineers made synthetic alien lava to understand uninhabitable worlds
SpaceX and NASA are studying how to bump Hubble into higher orbit
See a spiral galaxy’s haunting ‘skeleton’ in a chilly new space telescope image
What NASA’s successful DART mission means for the future of planetary defense
NASA’s first attempt to smack an asteroid was picture perfect
This highly detailed image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula might finally help us understand how it formed
Two bizarre stars might have beamed a unique radio signal to Earth
Neptune’s faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image
Is it finally time for a permanent base on the moon?
After the big bang, light and electricity shaped the early universe
When Voyager 1 goes dark, what comes next?
The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar
A new class of super-watery planets may exist beyond the solar system
The sun’s chromosphere is shades of golden in these new images
The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula
See the first image of an exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope
NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft will get a hand from a Star Trek-inspired comms system
Hubble image captures stars forming in a far-off phantom galaxy
In a first, James Webb Space Telescope reveals distant gassy atmosphere is filled with carbon dioxide
Newly discovered exoplanet may be a ‘Super Earth’ covered in water
NASA’s oldest probe, Voyager 2, is turning 45 at the solar system’s edge