Euclid 'dark universe' telescope reveals its 1st sparkling images of the cosmos (photos) (www.space.com)
The European Space Agency's ambitious Euclid space telescope is on its way to decoding the secrets of dark matter and dark energy.
Dark energy camera reveals galaxies caught in a cosmic 'tug of war' (photo) (www.space.com)
Haley's Coronet is at war with its neighboring dwarf galaxy, and it's a gravitational struggle the latter is bound to lose.
An ancient red giant star created a rare 'bipolar' nebula as it died (photo) (www.space.com)
The jug-like structure is a rare and short-lived double-lobed planetary nebula.
Do fabled 'dark stars' actually exist? James Webb Space Telescope spots 3 candidates (www.space.com)
It's hard to say what these possible 'dark stars' really are.
Good news for the alien life hunt: Buried oceans may be common on icy exoplanets (www.space.com)
'This significantly increases the chances of finding environments where life could, in theory, develop.'
James Webb telescope detects the earliest strand in the 'cosmic web' ever seen (www.space.com)
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the "cosmic web" ever detected.
The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time (www.space.com)
Our infant solar system may have survived a nearby supernova explosion (www.space.com)
Radioactive isotopes in meteorites suggest that a supernova erupted in the vicinity of the solar system as it was forming.
Watch dark matter-hunting Euclid probe launch on SpaceX rocket on July 1 (www.space.com)
Euclid, a dark matter and dark energy hunter, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 1 at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). A live webcast from NASA Television will be carried here at Space.com for free starting at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) in the player above.
Listen to the eerie sounds of distant galaxies in breathtaking NASA video (www.space.com)
Hear the beauty of deep space thanks to the sonification of telescope data.
Russian cosmonauts toss old equipment overboard on ISS spacewalk (www.space.com)
'Wave goodbye to it. Rest in peace.'
Eirsat-1, Ireland's 1st satellite, makes space history (www.space.com)
Cosmic nuclear fission seen for 1st time in 'incredibly profound' discovery (www.space.com)
An 'extragalactic' intruder may lurk among stars orbiting the Milky Way's black hole (www.space.com)
This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video) (www.space.com)
1 year after Artemis 1 launch, NASA readies Artemis 2 to shoot for the moon again (video) (www.space.com)
Dark matter-hunting satellite ARRAKIHS to launch in 2030. Here's how it will work (www.space.com)
Comets that 'bounce' from planet to planet could spread life across the universe (www.space.com)
James Webb Space Telescope finds 2 of the most distant galaxies ever seen (www.space.com)
European Space Agency signs on to upcoming 'Starlab' space station (www.space.com)
Astronauts dropped a tool bag during an ISS spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars (www.space.com)
Artemis moon astronauts will need oxygen. NASA wants to extract it from lunar dust (www.space.com)
Strange moon of asteroid Dinkinesh is weirder than thought after NASA probe finds 'contact binary' (photo) (www.space.com)
The Magellanic Clouds must be renamed, astronomers say (www.space.com)
New Japanese spacecraft aims to explore the mysterious moons of Mars (www.space.com)
