Simulated stellar explosions show that massive early stars could have created plentiful water for future stars and planets to form from.

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A team of scientists at the University of Utah has designed a flat lens that matches the power of traditional curved lenses ...

Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base no sooner than Tuesday night, ...

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A modest NASA space telescope with grand ambitions will soon launch into an orbit around Earth. Here's why scientists are ...

For centuries, telescopes have relied oncurved glass lenses to bend light and bring the cosmos into focus. While effective, ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered the fastest planetary jetstream ever recorded, ripping across the equator of the giant ...

New data shrank the odds that this asteroid will hit Earth, but astronomers will continue to study it. Here’s what you need ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But ...