Fast-forward to today: we’ve gone from one lonely planet to a catalog of thousands. The pace is accelerating. In 2015, NASA’s ...

On the night of July 19, 1952, the 48-inch Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory in California was taking one of its routine photographs of the night sky. It was part of the First Palomar Sky Survey ...

Humanity’s dream of reaching the stars has grown since the 19th century when we first measured the distance to a star, and ...

Participants need to design a "generation ship" capable of sustainable travel for over 250 years under the technical ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered whether Earth-like planets are rare gems or commonplace across the stars. Recent ...

In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner hosted a press conference at One World Observatory, the atrium topping the slick skyscraper ...

The idea was that high-powered lasers would propel tiny probes to 20 percent of the speed of light, impelling them with ...

In the Aug. 30 issue of The Loop newspaper I wrote about super accurate atomic clocks for space travel and said to think of ...

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As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to the Sun next month, the mysterious visitor continues to fascinate astronomers. The object, which is broadly believed to be a comet that ...

Just four light-years from Earth lies the closest known exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b. It has captured imaginations because it could be one of the first exoplanets where extraterrestrial life might ...

Strict embargo: not for publication or external distribution until 10 September 2025 at 16:00 (London time), 10 September 2025 at 11:00 (US Eastern Time) For centuries, astronomers have puzzled over ...