Euclid Telescope Discovers Oldest Quasars, Deepening Cosmic Mysteries
The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope has identified 31 ancient quasars, including the two oldest yet detected, providing new insights into the universe’s early…
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NASA Awards $600 Million for Four New Lunar Landings by 2028
NASA has selected three companies to deliver four science payload missions to the Moon by late 2028, advancing its Moon Base Program with commercial…
NASA Hubble Images Vibrant Star-Forming Cloud in Nearby Galaxy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals the stellar nursery LH 95 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, capturing young stars glowing amidst crimson gas and offering…
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Begins Decade-Long Cosmic Survey
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has started a landmark 10-year survey to capture the universe’s most detailed time-lapse record, unveiling new…
NASA Captures Sunrise Over Caucasus from International Space Station
NASA astronaut Chris Williams photographed a vivid orbital sunrise from the ISS, capturing Earth’s atmosphere above the Caucasus Mountains during its 16 daily orbits
New NSF Galaxy Gallery Opens at Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum unveils the NSF Discovering Our Universe gallery featuring pioneering astronomical instruments and discoveries starting July 1
NASA’s TESS Mission Detects Distant Planet via Gravitational Microlensing
NASA’s TESS spacecraft has identified a distant super-Jupiter exoplanet using gravitational microlensing, marking the mission’s first discovery through this novel method
MIT Student Teams Win NASA Awards for Lunar Base Infrastructure Designs
Three MIT student teams earned top honors at NASA’s 2026 RASC-AL competition for innovative power, communication, and resource technologies essential to future moon bases
Stellar Splendor in the Globular Cluster NGC 6723 Revealed by Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning details of NGC 6723, a globular cluster 27,000 light-years away, showcasing some of the Milky Way’s oldest stars…
NASA Launches Robotic Mission to Rescue Aging Swift Telescope
NASA is set to launch a robotic spacecraft to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit, preventing its premature fall and extending its…