NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth located 41 light-years away. This planet, five times larger than Earth, has extreme temperatures reaching 2,400°C and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, along with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, are homing in on the most ancient galaxy known in the universe. Credit: NASA-GSFC ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit. The growth in the population of ...

on Tuesday after nine months at the International Space Station. Wilmore, Williams, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were greeted by a pod of dolphins that ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planetary system beyond our own, located 130 light-years away in HR 8799.

Prohibitive launch costs and nascent satellite-positioning technology have historically hindered this sort of celestial drone show, but last April the Russian start-up Avant Space announced it had ...

United States astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore went to space on board the Boeing Starliner Calypso on June 5, 2024. They were meant to spend eight days on the ...

Spending time in space and having an unrivalled view of planet Earth is an experience many of us dream of. However, the human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. NASA/X After a headline-making nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally made it back to Earth. On Tuesday ...

Two NASA astronauts have splashed down off Florida’s coast and emerged from their capsule after spending nine months stuck in space due to a malfunctioning return ship and a series of delays and ...

They shared the ride home with two outgoing space station crewmates, Crew-9 commander Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. Seventeen hours after undocking from the International ...

The astronauts are expected to return from their third trip to the International Space Station for a water landing off the Florida coast on Tuesday evening. And they aren't alone. Also on board ...