The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

New observations of the cosmos show that the dark energy, a mysterious force that accelerates the expansion of the universe, ...

Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape ...

Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even ...

Interview The team behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just scored the Simon Ramo Medal, given by the Institute of ...

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant ...

The European Space Agency has released its first tranche of data from the Euclid space telescope's mission to map the ...

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Credit: NASA, Alamy This week's science news was largely dominated by the return of two NASA astronauts from ... Astronomers studying the largest-ever map of the cosmos have found hints that our best ...

The universe is expanding at an accelerated rate and our current best theories to explain this is a mysterious form of energy ...

If our 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos could be considered middle-aged, researchers note these new images captured around its ...

Queens Public Library is inviting young minds across the borough to blast off into the cosmos this April with the launch of ...