We learn more and more about our universe all the time, but there’s recently been a huge spike in stunning cosmic observations. An increase in funding, dramatic advancements in telescopes, AI, ...

A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments ...

The Subaru Telescope image which led to the discovery of HIP 54515 b (indicated by the arrow). The planet’s host star has been blocked in this image. The star’s position is indicated by the star mark.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars. The discoveries are the first results from OASIS (Observing Accelerators ...

The initiative uses microgravity and extreme conditions to speed up medical discoveries and turn them into startups.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened a new chapter in planetary science, giving astronomers the ability to observe JWST exoplanets with a level of detail never before possible. Launched as ...

Section 1. Purpose. Superiority in space is a measure of national vision and willpower, and the technologies Americans develop to achieve it contribute substantially to the Nation’s strength, security ...

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

Union Budget 2026 announces 4 major telescope projects in India. These new facilities will boost astronomy research, solar and deep-space observation and public science engagement.

Esther Brimmer is the James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. The December 18 swearing-in of Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator and the ...