The Universe is the stage for titanic collisions between massive objects, generating waves that propagate through the fabric of space-time. The detection of these gravitational waves has ushered in ...

All 88 internationally recognised constellations have European origins. But First Nations astronomy tells older, beautiful ...

A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

Asteroid 433 Eros is swinging back into Earth’s neighborhood this weekend, bright enough for backyard telescopes and even ...

Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...

The Geminids peak Dec. 13, producing up to 120 meteors per hour visible from 8 p.m. until sunrise. Plus, a recap of ...

Searching for exomoons—moons that orbit around another planet—was one of the most exciting capabilities expected of the James ...

An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

The world of astronomy and the cosmos continues to reveal unique things to us, in addition to space traffic and its ...