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

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

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

BOSTON — For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of an astrosphere around a star like the sun. This bubble of hot gas is blown by a star’s stellar wind, a constant stream of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

This story is part of Popular Science’s Ask Us Anything series, where we answer your most outlandish, mind-burning questions, from the ordinary to the off-the-wall.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. At the South Pole, there’s a science experiment that makes the Burj Khalifa—the world’s tallest building—look small.

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

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 ...