Uranus is unique as it rotates on its side, at roughly a 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit. The planet takes 84 years to orbit the Sun. An animated GIF showing Uranus' magnetic field. The ...

Roman Coronagraph integrated with NASA's Roman Space Telescope Telescope aims to find planets 100 million times fainter than ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy NGC 7469, which is 90,000 light-years in diameter. The ...

Hubble Space Telescope can "only see the universe in shades of grey," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Learn ...

Local skywatchers, mark your calendars. The final supermoon of 2024 — known as the Beaver Moon — will light up the night sky ...

The Roman Telescope is being built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where the coronagraph recently arrived after being ...

Dark matter is an essential element of galaxy formation and physics, according to the standard theory of how the universe ...

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, designed to block starlight, will help scientists detect faint light from exoplanets.

If another gravity theory is correct, "then the broader implications are enormous," astrophysicist Stacy McGaugh told ...

All the major elements of NASA’s next flagship space telescope are now under one roof as NASA says its development remains on cost and schedule.

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

Since its deployment, the James Webb Space Telescope has been fine-tuned by experts to maintain its powerful optical ...