Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material

The 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas is moving at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter. Read More

Book Review: The Enduring Allure of Alien Worlds

In her new book, astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger explores how scientists might find life elsewhere in the universe. Read More

World-first satellites for commercial science set for launch in 2025

Blue Skies Space plans to launch its first science satellite in 2025. Researchers will access the space data via a novel subscription model ... Read More

Astronomers Solve Mystery of 'Brightest of All Time' Gamma-Ray Burst

"This was an event that Earth sees only once every 10,000 years," said Northwestern University astrophysicist Peter Blanchard. Read More

Back in the ’90s, This Eclipse Webcast Put the Cosmos on Demand

A total solar eclipse in Aruba was streamed to millions of users of the World Wide Web in 1998, helping to start an ongoing era of viral videos of space and astronomy. Read More

The farthest-away pictures of Earth ever taken

"There seems to be an irresistible tendency to look back at home." "During almost every mission we turn around and take a picture back home." Indeed, in the cosmic images below you'll glimpse some of ... Read More

Astronomers uncover the heaviest black hole in our galaxy and it’s in our cosmic backyard

Astronomers have discovered the heaviest stellar black hole in the Milky Way and it's only a startling 2,000 light-years away from Earth. Read More

Voyager 1 is sending data back to Earth for the first time in 5 months

For the first time in five months, NASA engineers have received decipherable data from Voyager 1 after crafting a creative solution to fix a communication problem aboard humanity’s most distant ... Read More

She Dreams of Pink Planets and Alien Dinosaurs

Have dinosaurs evolved on other worlds? Could we spot a planet of glowing organisms? What nearby star systems are positioned to observe Earth passing in front of the sun? Read More

The Cosmos in Miniature: The Remarkable Star Map of Simeon De Witt

Tell the story of early American science with an online exhibition and digital reproduction of the oldest surviving Anglo-American star map. This hand-drawn star map, created in 1780, reflects a story ... Read More

Fallout and the Space Age: The franchise's connections and nods to the final frontier

The Fallout video game franchise (now also a streaming series) is known for its unique take on the post-apocalypse, but it's also quite interested in outer space. Read More

Highlights of the 30th Annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge: Winners and Notable Achievements

NASA revealed the top achievers of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC), with Parish Episcopal School from Dallas securing the high school division’s top spot. Meanwhile, the ... Read More