And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

Astronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that astronomers initially struggled to explain.

Using the world's most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and ...

Astronomers see the astrosphere of a sunlike star for the first time. ... Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent, nonprofit source of accurate information on the latest news of ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. CREDIT: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. C. Ho, D. Thilker. Get the Popular Science daily ...

At the South Pole, there’s a science experiment that makes the Burj Khalifa—the world’s tallest building—look small. It’s called IceCube, and it’s built 2,500 meters down into the ...

Every year in mid-July, downtown State College and parts of Penn State’s campus come alive with visitors to the Central ...

Years ago, astronomy professors started noticing something that troubled them: Many of their students didn't understand climate change and the science supporting it. So a small group of professors ...

Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet. News. By Matthew Shindell published 29 June 2025 ...

Please join Morehead Planetarium and Science Center for Family Science Night this Saturday, Feb. 28, from 5 to 9 p.m. In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, the theme is "Be an ...