Halley’s comet captures the imagination in a way that few other astronomical objects do. When it last...
Asteroid Bennu was selected for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample-return misison in part because it was believed to be...
Scientists have spotted the first hints that Albert Einstein's formulation of gravity operates in the quantum realm.The...
We know the universe is constantly expanding. We also know that gravitationally bound objects, such as solar...
It began with an unusual flash detected off the coast of South Africa by an aging American...
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The Moon, now in Cancer, sits close to bright Jupiter in the early-morning sky of September 8....
Say what you want about the changes to the space industry that’s happened over the past 10-20...
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again – space is hard. Another example, albeit lacking...
The COSMOS field, or Cosmic Evolution Survey Deep Field, is one of the most famous patches of...
I'm a pretty thrifty guy; no one will ever accuse me of being a hoarder or a...
Active black holes are pretty easy to detect. Their superheated accretion disks emit bright x-rays, and the...
The moon could have formed in a matter of hours following the giant impact between Earth and...
On Tuesday (Sept. 8), skywatchers can first catch a striking predawn pairing of the crescent moon and...
On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful...
Nā 'Uhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to this image of...
We are a planet-based species: With a few notable (astronaut) exceptions, everyone who has ever lived remained...
The two radiation belts circling Earth are named for the man who found and researched them: James...
Interstellar object ʻOumuamua sped up as it approached the Sun, shooting past at 196,000 mph (315,431 km/h)...
I've got three telescopes in my home, but the Celestron FirstScope is my first stop when it...
Like most of their compatriots here on terra firma, the three Americans living off Earth will get...