A supposed gamma-ray burst from an ancient galaxy was in fact something much closer to home, according to new research. Reading time 4 minutes In 2017, a team of astronomers looking at the oldest and ...

An enormous cosmic explosion has been spotted by scientists, marking the largest of its kind ever discovered. The explosion was situated 8 billion light-years from Earth, according to a paper ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The JWST's near-infrared image of Pismis 24 and part of the Lobster Nebula. | Credit: NASA, ESA, ...

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Bright Ascension Ltd., a Scottish industry-leading space software technology provider, is pleased to confirm that another three of its flight software deployments were launched onboard the SpaceX ...

Stargazing is becoming something of a lost art. With light pollution and screen addiction on the rise, it can be easy to forget that the greatest show in the universe is, well, the cosmos itself. This ...

Something in space is sending us brief, very bright blasts of blue light – and scientists might finally have a clue to what they are. The phenomenon, known as luminous fast blue optical transients or ...

Something in space is sending us brief, very bright blasts of blue light – and scientists might finally have a clue to what they are. The phenomenon, known as luminous fast blue optical transients or ...