While the world holds its collective breath and awaits humanity's return to the moon after more than a half-century for a ...

Australia's iconic red landscapes have been home to Aboriginal culture and recorded in songlines for tens of thousands of ...

The Union Budget 2026 has announced the setting up and upgradation of four telescopes and astronomy facilities to promote ...

Recently, scientists discovered the fastest-spinning large asteroid in the solar system.It’s about the length of eight football fields — but it fully rotates every two minutes, or even a little faster ...

Deep in the frozen heart of Antarctica, the South Pole Telescope has been watching one of the most extreme neighborhoods in our galaxy, and it's just caught something extraordinary happening there.

Their new study shows that Earth’s massive drop in temperature after the dinosaurs went extinct could have been caused by a large drop in calcium levels in the ocean. The study showed that the ...

February: it’s a short month, and it’s also relatively short on stargazing highlights. Still, patient stargazers will be ...

NASA is providing a 24/7 live feed of the Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

The next full moon will appear in the night sky Sunday, Feb. 1, but it you plan on stepping outside to watch it, bundle up.

From degeneracy to galactic archaeology, white dwarfs are helping scientists make sense of some of the universe's burning mysteries.

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. January 28: Boötes' brightest cluster, NGC 5466 Although the Moon is growing brighter, there's still plenty to see in the ...