Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

The cosmos has taken up its fair share of space in the news this year. Here are some of the major stories from beyond Earth that happened during 2025. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed its first ...

During its final hours on the lunar surface, the Blue Ghost spacecraft captured stunning photos of a lunar sunset.

In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the agency released guidance Wednesday for the US government, external partners and the ...

With some regularity, I get asked the difference between astronomy and astrophysics. I suppose I’m a good person to ask: Of my three degrees, two of them are in “astronomy and astrophysics”. But what ...

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Since its founding in 1894, Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff has been a beacon of astronomical discovery, its scientists famously identifying Pluto and revealing the expanding universe. Now, Lowell ...

Historians working with an artificial intelligence assistant have begun tracking the spread of astronomical thinking across Europe in the early 1500s. The analysis contributes to challenging the “lone ...

Established in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union, the current definition specifies that to qualify as a planet, a celestial body must orbit the Sun within our Solar System. But this ...

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Tailored algorithms will help filter a coming flood of astronomical observations, helping scientists make new discoveries about the universe. In deserts across Australia and South Africa, astronomers ...