The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...

Smithsonian STARS— Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools— aims to bridge gaps in access to hands-on STEM learning opportunities for children in rural and tribal nation schools by providing a ...

STARS program to bring telescopes, filters and lenses to every rural school in Arizona to inspire and build confidence ...

When the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were released in 2022, one in particular became instantly iconic: a striking orange and blue view of the Carina Nebula, affectionately known ...

SETI combines cutting-edge radio astronomy, data science, and planetary research in a global effort to detect signs of ...

Often bucking tradition, these women sought knowledge of the universe and reimagined the way we view the cosmos.

A 2021 satellite image shows destructive lava flows burning through a residential area in the Canary Islands as molten rock ...

NASA's Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Center for ...

Earth-like exoplanets might be more common throughout the Milky Way than previously believed, astronomers report in a new ...