Space telescopes capture breathtaking galactic hug | Space photo of the day for Jan. 8, 2026
Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace....
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Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace....
Chinese researchers have completed a full end-to-end simulation of the Chinese Space Station Telescope's observing systems, offering a preview of how the powerful scope will survey the universe....
NASA's preparing for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around since 1972....
The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation....
Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns....
Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026....
Winter in Connecticut. Kelly Marsh/Connecticut Post via Getty Images While some states' coldest temperatures were recorded recently, others were documented decades ago. Hawaii remains the only state i...
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For the first time in the International Space Station's history, NASA safely returned a crew of four astronauts to Earth ahead of schedule due to medical issues affecting one of the group....
The frozen areas of our planet act as a historical record of changes in the atmosphere and climate...
China’s commercial space sector logged 50 launches last year – more than half of the country’s total – underscoring the growing role of private players alongside the state-led space programme, with Be...
The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres....
This past week in San Francisco, thousands gathered outside of an aquarium to celebrate one of its residents, an alligator named Claude who died in December....
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."...
Here in France, as well as countries including Hungary, Greenland and Germany, some residents have been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the northern lights. These vibrant scenes are the result of t...
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A sample of a polymetallic nodule at the Viridian Biometals lab in Pasadena, California. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea min...
"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets."...
The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different....