The seven stars that make up this famous asterism are part of Ursa Major the Great Bear. And they offer a lot more than meets ...

Called S stars, they orbit at hypervelocities around the Milky Way’s center, and their only neighbors at the galactic core ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the nearly full Moon as it passes Mars on the evening of December 17.

Despite systemic barriers, Young persisted in the face of adversity. Her legacy continues today, but there is much work still ...

All but one of the Apollo program’s used lunar modules either crashed into the Moon’s surface or burned up in Earth’s ...

Organized by a public interest group, 120 researchers have expressed concern about the number of satellites in low Earth ...

In late December, you can witness a celestial conjunction as Mars passes close to the Beehive Cluster in Cancer the Crab.

Artemis I's heat shield was damaged during reentry. Engineers are now working to prevent the issue from happening on a future ...

Heavy hydrogen could be important in long-range detections of civilizations, says a pioneering astronomical study.

This report represents the collective hopes of scientists who study the Sun, setting out plans for improving our knowledge of ...

A Cold Moon hangs in the sky while Jupiter still shines bright and the Geminid meteor shower peaks in the sky this week.

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...