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For the July 2026 issue of Astronomy, we’re bringing you our first ever digital-only issue, with all...
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With May's new moon fading and summer twilight looming, now is the time to plan a dark-sky...
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In 1878, Williamina Fleming immigrated to Boston from Scotland with her husband – but he abandoned her...
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Neutrinos, the second most common fundamental particles in the universe, are notoriously difficult to detect. So far...
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It’s a truism among oceanographers that there is more accurate mapping of the surface of the moon...
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TESS has released its most complete view of the sky over Earth, revealing the location of 6,000...
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Shortly after stage separation on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the payload fairing halves that encapsulated the 29...
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Astronomers have identified a possible new member of one of astronomy’s strangest classes of objects: Odd radio...
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Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the lofty goal of ferrying humans to Mars and colonizing...
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There's a lot riding on the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket — including some of...
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Elon Musk announced plans Wednesday for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a...
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set for the debut launch of its latest Starship iteration on Thursday, testing...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 20: The Moon...
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New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy graduate student Khagendra Katuwal studied 70 coronal holes on the sun...
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Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces. These include the sandfish (Scincus scincus), a lizard native...
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Exoplanet hunters are keen to find the next extrasolar earthlike planet, one that may harbor life as...
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A new study reevaluates the Kardashev Scale using a new framework that includes the Bitcoin network as...
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Satellites forced to avoid space debris appear to have lost some of their data due to the...
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Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close...
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NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters....