When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches, it will undergo one of the most harrowing deployment processes any spacecraft has endured.

Scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.

How do we find Earth-like planets outside our solar system? Send a giant structure that blocks starlight so that astronomers can see further

The James Webb Space Telescope, which astronomers hope will herald a new era of discovery, will launch on December 18, 2021.

Just 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself

A new open data nonprofit scientific initiative by Avi Loeb will use a network of telescopes, cameras and computers to scan for alien life

NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development

NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our nearest solar system neighbors