Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

PRIMA is more than a hundred times more sensitive than previous missions, such as the Spitzer and Herschel space telescopes.

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...

Using NASA's space-based Chandra X-ray Observatory and the retired Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered ...

In the 1997 movie "Contact," adapted from Carl Sagan's 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by ...

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

Scientists are relieved by the observatory’s stay of execution, but concerned that some budget cuts have gutted future research.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international cooperation of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, a ...

The spiral arms of nearby galaxy Messier 81 is captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This galaxy is easily visible ...

Recent research led by the University of Maryland using the Zwicky Transient Facility telescope has revealed that the Taurid ...

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.

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