NASA's WFIRST mission - an infrared space observatory planned for launch around 2025 - will use the fact that the gravity of distant objects warps spacetime, bending and focusing light, thereby revealing new worlds.

Assuming ideal conditions, you might catch 10 to 15 meteors per hour in 2020's Lyrid meteor shower. The peak is probably Wednesday morning - April 22 - but watch the mornings before and after, too.

Photos from the EarthSky community of the moon's sweep past a trio of bright planets - red Mars, golden Saturn and bright Jupiter - over this past week.

Fascinating video! Tour the International Space Station with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Drew Morgan. Shot in one take with two cameras strapped together.

After an explosion damaged their spacecraft, the Apollo 13 astronauts - on their way to the moon - were in dire peril. Read about the human ingenuity that led the Apollo 13 mission to a safe and successful conclusion.

Re-creation of moon views seen by Apollo 13 astronauts 50 years ago, on their somber passage around the moon's far side.

Computer simulations confirm that 'Oumuamua - an object from another star system that sped near our sun in 2017 - likely formed via a close encounter with its star. 'Oumuamua may have originated in a debris disk, they said, or even a shattered super-Earth.

To look at dinosaur embryos entombed inside 200 million year old fossil eggs, scientists used powerful X-rays to create detailed images. They wanted to see how these embryos compared to those of modern-day dinosaur relatives.

January through March 2020 was also our planet’s 2nd-hottest year to date in the climate record dating back to 1880, according to a NOAA report.

Using data from both Spitzer and ground-based telescopes, scientists have been able to measure the speed of winds on a brown dwarf for the first time ever.