Aug. 31, 2026 NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has launched on a million mile journey to L2, where it will scan huge portions of the cosmos for clues about dark matter, dark energy, and distant worlds.

Artist's concept showing a very young star surrounded by a disk of gas and dust. (NASA/JPL) There are many contrasts between ice and fire in both real and fictional worlds – from the volcanoes of ...

Scientists with the U.S. National Science Foundation have identified a large object in the outer reaches of the solar system ...

'We haven't stopped exploring.' ...

Rather than directly converting photons into electricity, concentrated solar energy uses mirrors to turn sunlight into heat, ...

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Telescope discovered a possible new dwarf planet that, if confirmed, could join 5 others ...

ED138, a newly discovered dwarf planet candidate, could join a group of only five other recognized objects that includes our ...

It's a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets. To date, astronomers have cataloged more ...

Researchers have discovered a white dwarf surrounded by a debris disk with 2 separate rings. It offers a possible glimpse of ...

Astronomers have found a possible new dwarf planet beyond Pluto. And the remarkable thing is that they’d been photographing ...

The California Science Center and NASA JPL will debut interactive space exploration exhibits at the Samuel Oschin Air and ...

Although key details are missing from the story of how our Solar System formed, recent discoveries are helping scientists ...