From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered a rare pair of "Odd Radio Circles" overlapping in space.

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that ...

The cosmos continues to unravel secrets that leave scientists – and the rest of us – in awe. From mysterious dark matter and alien worlds to deep space phenomena that challenge the laws of physics, ...

This quiz is your chance to explore the wonders of the James Webb Space Telescope, from its mind-blowing discoveries to the ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Astronomers are stunned by interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS releasing water vapour unusually far from the Sun. This rare event, ...

Earlier this year, the White House proposed a nearly 24% cut to NASA's 2026 fiscal year budget, primarily aimed at the organization's fundamental science research. If the cuts come to fruition, they ...

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like ...