Why planetary scientists think advanced aliens will turn to nuclear fusion to meet their massive energy needs. Here’s how we ...

Compared to the previous observations (left), the new ALMA observations (right) at longer wavelengths can better see into the ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have observed a dusty star-forming galaxy known as ...

Dec. 6, retired assistant director for science communications at NASA’s Goddard Space Center Michelle Thaller hosted the annual Christmas lecture sponsored by Notre Dame’s College of Science.

An Australian astronomer has developed a camera module to capture high-resolution pictures of earth’s neighboring planets.

Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA’s Voyager mission completed humankind’s first close-up exploration of the four giant outer ...

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James Webb's latest capture of the Sombrero galaxy reveals intricate details of its dust distribution and minimal star ...

The project, which gave astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects, ended its mission and re-entered the atmosphere ...

Although it completed its mission in July, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) still has ...

Webb’s Powerful Mid-Infrared Instrument Resolves Clumpy Nature of Dusty Disk Astronomers are known for their precision, but ...

The mid-infrared light image shows astronomical features that can’t be seen with visible light cameras or in previous ...