AVIRIS-5 is one of the newest tools in a joint research project from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) called GEMx. The project is designed to search for surface traces of critical minerals, ...

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

Space is always inspiring and 2025 was no exception, with finding Betelgeuse’s buddy, debuting a prolific survey telescope ...

NASA's PUNCH mission is photographing the Sun like never before. It can see comets that are invisible to every other ...

Our fundamental understanding of Neptune and Uranus may be completely wrong, say researchers rethinking our solar system.

After less than a year in orbit, the Southwest Research Institute-built PUNCH spacecraft have made major accomplishments, ...

With less than a year in orbit, the Southwest Research Institute-led PUNCH mission has made major accomplishments, imaging the Sun in context while tracking comets and enormous space weather events as ...

After less than a year in orbit, the Southwest Research Institute-built PUNCH spacecraft have made major accomplishments, ...

This is the story of our cosmic neighborhood's front row. We explore the four rocky planets forged in the sun's heat: ...

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.