A NASA space telescope on a mission to map millions of galaxies has turned on its detectors for the first time, capturing ...

This suggestion helped scientists to tie dark energy to the cosmological constant — a hypothetical inflationary energy, growing with the fabric of space-time throughout the universe's life.

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the ocean floor, using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite, a ...

Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful ... out when and how to see the International Space Station and other satellites.

Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, continues to build the largest 3D map of the universe ever ... the vacuum energy of energy space, which is baked into the pie we call ...

It's like we are looking out into space through a dirty window. Now, two astronomers have published a 3D map that documents the properties of dust all around us in unprecedented detail ...

In this image from video provided by SpaceX, the company's SpaceX’s Falcon rocket, carrying NASA's newest space telescope, Spherex, lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning ...

The cone-shaped Spherex—at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano—will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view. Four full-sky ...