Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could potentially form.

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the innermost planet.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Sept. 12, 2025, features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy situated ...

This article, originally titled "The Man Who Discovered the Universe," is from the Summer 2025 issue of Air & Space Quarterly, the National Air and Space Museum's signature magazine that explores ...

NASA has been studying little red dots that were spotted in the universe's infancy stage. They grew too fast, and too early. Now, they are worried about them.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

NASA is gearing up for the Artemis II mission, a ten-day crewed flight around the Moon slated for February 2026. This historic journey, the first crew ...

There is so much going on this month for stargazers, including lunar conjunctions and cover-ups. One of the great meteor showers also puts on a show. October is a transitional month, both in terms ...

“India’s first observatory dedicated for astronomy. On this day 10 years ago, #AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength astronomy observatory, was launched by ISRO,” the space organisation said in a ...

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system? Astronomers have new cause to investigate. With powerful telescopic ...

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission has launched to map it like never before.