Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes ...

Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

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As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

KAIST researchers tested optical frequency comb lasers as reference signals for radio astronomy, aiming to synchronize radio telescopes with light-based timing in VLBI observations.

The number of satellites in space continues to rise due to the deployment of megaconstellations. For decades, humanity has sent about 200 satellites every year into space. You need just a couple of ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit.

Launched on 1 July 2025 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, MTG-S operates from a geostationary orbit, about 36 000 km above Earth’s surface and is able to ...

Astronomers has employed a cutting-edge, AI-assisted technique to uncover rare astronomical phenomena within archived data.

“Megaconstellations” of vast numbers of satellites could threaten space-based astronomy, scientists have warned. In recent years, companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX have launched thousands of new ...

Astronomers at Texas A&M University have discovered a rare, tightly packed collision of galaxies in the early universe, ...