You didn't need a telescope to appreciate the cosmos in 2024. With stunning global auroras, prolific meteor showers and a total solar eclipse witnessed by tens of millions of people, space came to ...

There's always something happening in space, and humanity is documenting it more quickly and clearly than ever before. Orbiting telescopes, astronauts and spacecraft are sending back a stream of ...

Northern lights were reported across mid-latitudes, with sightings stretching from Germany to the southwestern United States, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Space rainbows, planets on parade, a stream of stars and a plunge in front of the sun make our ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.

Perched high in the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains, a revolutionary new space telescope has just taken its first pictures of the cosmos—and they’re spectacular. Astronomers are excited about the ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has posted another set of stunning shots, this time showing clouds as you’ve never seen them before. Captured from the International Space Station (ISS) some 250 miles above ...

There are few more iconic images from the Hubble Space Telescope than this one. A colossal pillar of gas and dust towering 9.5 light-years tall, this spectacular structure in the Eagle Nebula ...

Ever seen a sunrise from the moon? These space images will leave you marveling at our planet and our universe. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

The final act of the Blue Ghost lander's busy two weeks on the moon was to send back sunset shots featuring Earth and Venus. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The final frontier is an unendingly beautiful expanse filled with unimaginable wonders, making it the perfect sandbox for photographers, astronomical observatories and space-based telescopes to ...