Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as it went. When the shockwave reached the star’s surface, it punched through, ...

A second total lunar eclipse will occur on September 7-8, this one best seen from Asia. People in the US will miss out on this cosmic song and dance altogether, but Britons should be able to see it ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon. How ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the detection of a new exoplanet orbiting a bright late F-type star. The ...

They may look like they’re arranged in tight formation. But remember, that’s a grand illusion. The planets’ orbits around the ...

Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union have announced the winner of their quasi-moon naming contest as Cardea, a name chosen by University of Georgia sophomore Clayton Chilcutt.

Primordial black holes could reshape our understanding of dark matter. Researchers suggest these elusive cosmic phenomena ...

Pettit is now in the midst of his third stint on the International Space Station, and the decade he had to prepare for his ...

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

A 2023 satellite image captured a pair of peculiar phenomena painting parallel swirls in the sea and sky around Norway's Bear ...