Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may ...

We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being torn to shreds and raining down on the star. The Helix Nebula is an eye-catching sight in the sky – and not ...

Credit: Emmeline Close and Laird Close “This is a really great breakthrough in technology,” said Laird Close, a professor of astronomy at Steward Observatory, in the U of A College of Science, adding ...

A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft equipped with a portable laser terminal transmitted 4K video to the International Space Station and back. "Laser communications use infrared light to transmit 10 to 100 ...