The CosmicWatch device costs only $100 to make, making it accessible for both high school students and spacecraft operators.

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Hints of impossibly bright, massive objects in the infant universe have forced astronomers to rethink how the first cosmic ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of object that is a starless cloud that failed to form as a galaxy. Here's what to ...

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This cloud is a window into the dark Universe,” study co-author and Space Telescope Science Institute (STCScl) team member ...

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NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors using observations made between May and December 2025. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope — launched in ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an astonishing exoplanet that’s stretching our understanding of what’s possible for these distant worlds. And when we say say “stretch, ...

Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The discovery, seen during a star’s violent destruction, confirms a prediction made ...