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Harriet Brettle studied finance, had several varied jobs in leadership, and now heads the Keck Institute for Space Studies at ...

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

As if returning to the Moon’s vicinity hadn’t already had enough things to delay it, now risky space weather could get in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed Asteroid 2024 YR4 again, refining its trajectory and ruling out a potential collision with the moon in 2032. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / ...

NASA says there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been ...

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...

For decades, space has served as humanity’s most demanding testing laboratory, where only the most resilient technologies survive the vacuum, radiation and temperature extremes beyond Earth’s ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a ...

Astronomers produce the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

China designates space sector an “emerging pillar industry,” sets deep space ambitions in new economic blueprint China has designated aerospace to be an “emerging pillar industry” in a draft national ...