Distance records are an excellent proxy for the state of the art in astronomy. Finding extremely faraway galaxies is hard. In ...

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.

Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, successfully probed the early universe. An international group of astronomers has reached a new milestone in studying the early universe.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars since it landed there in spectacular fashion nearly five ...

A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space.

I/ATLAS comet is the 3rd-ever object discovered that originated from outside our solar system. It's not a threat, approaches ...

Scientists are testing a novel way to measure cosmic expansion using time delays in gravitationally lensed quasars. Their results match “local” measurements but clash with early-universe estimates, ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

Section 1. Purpose. In 1969, the United States landed the first humans on the Moon. In the years since, premier space companies from around the world have been drawn to launch rockets and satellites ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson uses Felix Baumgartner’s 2012 jump to illustrate how close space seems—but isn’t—highlighting vast cosmic distances and the real challenges of reaching the Moon, Mars, and beyond.