Latest articles by John Loeffler
The world's largest single-dish radio telescope can be a pain to maintain, so Chinese astronomers are using smart robots to make the job easier.
Amazon's new satellite processing facility in Florida brings the company's Project Kuiper closer to competing with SpaceX's Starlink, but it still has a way to go.
The Sphere in Las Vegas, the world's largest spherical structure, used its 580,000-square-foot LED 'exosphere' display to bring us Mars, the moon and Earth on July 4.
NASA has tasked Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to back each other up as each develops new spacesuit designs for spacewalking and the lunar surface.
NASA is soliciting the scientific community for ideas about instruments and experiments that could accompany Artemis 3 astronauts on their mission to the moon.
When NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory isn't piloting a rover on another world, it's apparently helping make PDF files more secure.
A massive new sunspot is visible without using a telescope or binoculars, but you'll still need to protect your eyes when observing it.
Twitter provides an important platform for science communicators, but many in the scientific community have expressed misgivings about remaining on the platform.
The surface of Venus is so extreme that even the best landers make it only a few hours before failing. NASA hopes a new type of battery will help.
The National Science Foundation and SpaceX have come to an agreement on how to mitigate the damage to ground-based astronomy that Starlink satellites present.
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers conducted the most in-depth study of planet-killing stars ever.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dazzling view of an open cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud that is slowly dissolving into the dwarf galaxy around it.
The Hubble Space Telescope photo reveals an ancient globular cluster gleaming against the blackness of space near the galactic bulge.
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956 isn't just pretty to look at in this new Hubble photo, it's an essential tool for understanding the universe.
A new climate simulation program has successfully recreated a living, swirling version of the famous 1972 "Blue Marble" photo taken by Apollo 17 astronauts.
A newly released photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a spectacular galaxy merger in progress.
A new Hubble photo shows a tidal tail crossing the span between galaxies like a celestial bridge of stars.
Several prominent astronomers, scientists and at least one astronaut have announced their exit from Twitter following Elon Musk's takeover. Will more follow?
NASA has begun the contracting process for the next-generation lunar rover to be used during the Artemia Moon missions, starting in 2024.
The European Space Observatory (ESO) has released an image of a dead star's 'ghost' in deep space just in time for Halloween.
Hubble has just grabbed a brilliant new photo of a cosmic 'keyhole' in a stellar nursery
