Now’s the time to catch periodic Comet 96P Machholz on its encore dawn performance, before it slides out of view.
Astronomers have found another Earth-sized planet. It's about 31 light-years away and orbits in the habitable zone of a red…
The Tarantula Nebula, also called 30 Doradus, is the brightest star-forming region in our part of the galaxy. It's in…
Galaxies fill a lot of roles in the universe. The most obvious one is star formation factories. Without that activity,…
While astronomers and engineers were trying to calibrate one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments last summer, they serendipitously…
Webb is fully operational again, Rolls-Royce is building a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and the space debris worst-case scenario…
Over over 50% of high mass stars reside in multiple star systems. But due to their complex orbital interactions, physicists…
A team of astronomers have used a model of earthquakes to understand glitches in the timing of pulsars. Their results…
Astronomers continue to hunt for the elusive kind of star known as Population III stars, the first stars to appear…
MSL Curiosity is going about its business exploring Mars. The high-tech rover is currently exploring the sulphate-bearing unit on Mt.…