SwRI scientists reviewed spectral data of sample material taken from near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu (pictured above) and compared them with spectral data of main belt asteroid Polana from the ...

Of course, these advances have cost money, and we must always ask how best to balance the long-term benefits of science against our country’s other urgent needs. In 2024, the total science budget, ...

NASA's Hubble observatory made the discovery in 2022, making it the farthest and earliest star ever seen. Astronomers named ...

The potential for life beyond Earth has been a tantalizing dream for scientists and the public alike, but recent findings regarding the exoplanet K2-18b should prompt caution against jumping to ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate whether the most distant star identified in the universe is, ...

Nestled within a tiny red galaxy, it dates back 13 billion years -- just 500 million years before the Big Bang -- and shows ...

Thought to be some kind of galaxy, the Little Red Dots were spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope and have stumped ...

“These mysterious objects are candidate galaxies in the early universe, meaning they could be very early galaxies,” said ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

Take a journey to the James Webb Space Telescope's stunning view of giant galaxy cluster WHL0137-08. Credit: Space.com | zoom ...

A lab study suggests missing sulfur in space is locked in icy dust grains as complex molecules like polysulfanes and octasulfur.