Pasadena, CA — Ohio State University researchers have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible, by extending a common measurement ...

Through the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Telescope, it has been possible to confirm the expansion of the ...

Join us on a captivating adventure through the vastness of the cosmos as we traverse the sizes and scales of what lies around us in space! From tiny dust particles that slowly swirl together under the ...

Trying to measure the size of the universe is no easy task. We know that the universe is expanding, though the exact rate of this expansion is not yet fixed. So one method that astronomers use to tell ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, farther away than the Sun, has sent data through a laser over a record-breaking distance, and done so even faster than expected. Using light could drastically speed up that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted some of the earliest and most distant galaxies, but how can we be sure these early galaxies aren't closer and more recent? When you purchase through links on ...

In a major milestone for space technology, China has successfully fired a precision laser across 80,778 miles (130,000 km) of space in broad daylight, reaching the Moon and returning with accurate ...

Webb telescope captures a young giant star firing off an 8-light-year gas jet, and revealing how massive stars form.

When amateur astronomers participate in star parties for the general public, the subject of distances in space always comes up. The immensity of our universe never fails to fascinate curious minds.

Scientists are closely monitoring Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object. Discovered in July 2025, it's moving at record ...