Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

What can imaging supernovae (plural for supernova) explosions teach astronomers about their behavior and physical characteristics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

SpaceX's Starship Flight 8 ended in an explosion similar to Flight 7, causing flight diversions and delays at multiple airports due to falling debris. The FAA initiated a mishap investigation, the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a powerful tool for exploring space, launched in December 2021. It can see faraway objects using infrared light. One important part of the telescope is the Mid ...

Mysterious flashes of radio waves from space might be caused by interstellar asteroids and comets crashing into neutron stars. Astronomers detected the first fast radio burst (FRB) in 2007, and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Exploring space just got easier with the Exploratorium's spring exhibition called "Look Up: Eclipse, Moon, and Mars." Visitors can dive into wonders of space through immersive ...

Space exploration has been a defining feature of human ambition for decades. From the first satellite launch to our goal of landing humans on Mars, our fascination with space may one day push the ...