A 'prelude to a supernova' is how NASA describes this stunning new James Webb Space Telescope image of Wolf-Rayet Star WR 124. Travel 15,000 light years in this zoom-in to see the amazing look. Credit ...

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere filled with soot clouds and ...

LA GRANGE, IL – La Grange resident Jonathan Robinson said Tuesday that he was frustrated with village officials after a developer revealed plans last fall for condos next to his house. Robinson, who ...

On Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stuffed with cargo carried a brand new NASA telescope into space, where it was observed deploying in Sun-synchronous orbit, the agency later confirmed. Dubbed ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very difficult to observe ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Apai, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched ...

(THE CONVERSATION) After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it ...

An image of Starlink-35956, a satellite that suffered an in-orbit anomaly Dec. 17, confirming the spacecraft was largely intact despite generating hundreds of pieces of debris. Credit: Vantor ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) After a string of dramatic ...