The Latest Breaking News on Space

IIA astronomers used HCT in Hanle, Ladakh to photograph Comet P12/Pons-Brooks. It has attracted attention due to its outbursts of gas & dust, and will become brighter in the coming months. It may even become a naked eye comet. It will pass closest to the Sun in April 2024 &…

Rocket Lab is gearing up for the 42nd launch of its Electron rocket, which has been grounded since a malfunction led to the loss of a payload during a mission in September.

With the solar cycle set to peak earlier than predicted, the sun's corona should look its spectacular spiky best for April 8's total solar eclipse.

JUICE blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to explore Jupiter’s ocean moons and learn more about whether they could support life.

The Hubble Space Telescope has observed a double whammy — two independent galaxy clusters grouped together in the same view.

November's Beaver Moon, the second to last full moon of 2023, was captured by photographers across the globe on Monday (Nov. 27), lighting up the internet with stunning images.

NOIRLab says it's on track to halve its planet-warming emissions by the end of 2027.

New research illuminates the strange evolution of Be stars, which spin like maniacs and form discs like Saturn

It’s not always easy to match objects from various telescopic surveys. A new method can change this, allowing objects to be matched in up to 100 different surveys.