SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...

The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...

Potential cuts of up to 50 per cent of NASA's science budget could mean cancelling missions including the Hubble Space ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

SPHEREx begins its mission to scan hundreds of millions of galaxies, while companion satellites track solar winds.

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Spherex (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will survey ...

A major discovery on the outskirts of Andromeda is shaking up our understanding of galactic evolution. Astronomers have found the dimmest and smallest satellite galaxy yet—Andromeda XXXV—forcing them ...

Such major and arbitrary cuts to NASA’s budget would do very little to save money, but they will undercut and decimate one of ...

The Kuiper Belt is a band on the outer edge of the Solar System made up of space’s odds and ends: comets, dwarf planets, and ...