The Square Kilometer Array, the largest radio telescope ever proposed, just commenced construction in South Africa and Australia.

Astronomers have found the first evidence that black holes follow the laws of thermodynamics.

A fresh examination of the data obtained by the Mars Express mission has shown that there may not be lakes beneath the Martian southern polar ice cap.

A new NASA-supported study by an international team of researchers has determined that life is more likely to exist in the clouds on Jupiter than on Venus

The search for Hubble's error continues, and could involve some complex and risky operations really soon!

The Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) has released a special edition of papers dedicated to educating the public about Starshade and what it can do to narrow the search for Earth-like exoplanets.

When black holes collide with neutron stars, all sorts of interesting things happen. And astronomers have recently seen two of them.

There's an old adage that says there is 'nothing new under the Sun…' but that doesn't apply when it comes to solar eclipse science. Beyond just providing an awesome celestial spectacle, astronomers have often advantage of the brief moments of totality to explore the Sun and its environs.

Earth's ionosphere blocks us from seeing radio aurora on distant worlds, but a radio telescope on the Moon would let us see them.

According to new research, most extrasolar planets do not get enough radiation to support photosynthesis, which places limits on how many might be habitable.