In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE mission, to make infrared observations. This was the latest in a line of space-based, infrared observatories, and it cost about ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a hidden population of galaxies that could rewrite what we know about the universe's evolution ...

Astronomers may have found the long-missing half of the universe's regular matter—and it appears to have been right under our ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has given the first ever clear look at a dying star which is over 1,000 light years away from earth in new images.

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Learn how astronomers found the invisible ionized gas that forms puffy halos surrounding galaxies.

C.E, Chinese astronomers spotted a supernova and dubbed it the "guest star." The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Víctor M ...

Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy ...

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The Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers can both be seen starting in late April, with viewing opportunities in both the northern and southern hemispheres ...