NASA has issued a warning that the litany of satellites that are planned to be launched in the near future could create a global telescope blackout.

NASA has detected a precursor or progenitor to a supernova for the first time – and it's all thanks to old photos.

Orbiting observatories were supposed to escape the glow and clutter that plague ground-based astronomy, but the next generation of satellite networks is rapidly erasing that advantage. As commercial ...

Webb captured the object in infrared — light wavelengths that are invisible to human eyes but can pierce through thick dust.

Travel to James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instrument views of protostar L1527. The protostar is about 100,000 ...

A recent SpaceNews opinion article argued that it is time to “take astronomy off Earth.” The suggestion is straightforward: If satellite constellations and commercial space activity threaten ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A dramatic rise in the number of internet satellites ...

Researchers reported that this nebula is being formed by a star in the final stages of its life, burning its remaining fuel.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, ...

WASHINGTON — A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies scientific priorities, opportunities, and funding recommendations for the next 10 years ...

While NASA’s ancien régime imposed a death sentence on the International Space Station, the super-icon can still be saved by NASA’s new wunderkind leader and by Congress.