Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

Astronomers may have found the long-missing half of the universe's regular matter—and it appears to have been right under our ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the pair are in close orbit, the heavier of the two theoretically accumulates ...

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut NASA’s science budget in half, eliminating future space telescope and other astrobiology projects. If that happens, Dr. Krissansen-Totton ...

High school senior Matteo Paz stunned the astronomy world by uncovering 1.5 million previously unknown cosmic objects using a ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic ...

Amateur astronomy had gone through a revolution since ... between professionals and amateurs,” wrote the historian of science John Lankford in 1988, but “it may be more difficult to tell ...

The rotating model, which does not break any known law of physics, suggests the universe could spin around once every 500 billion years. This would be far too slowly to detect easily, but enough to ...

The Fram2 crew will be the first people to observe the polar regions from low Earth orbit, and they'll work on experiments and projects designed to forward our understanding of long-duration ...

Kanpur: Night-sky observation sessions, expert-led talks on fundamentals and hands-on astronomy activities would soon be ...

A likely thermal inversion the night of April 14, 1912 may have created a superior mirage. This would have led to a false horizon, potentially masking icebergs in the distance.