There once was a dream of cities in space — vast cylindrical habitats, self-sufficient and populated by millions who would ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

Thursday (Oct. 9) is Arm and Hammer's second annual Baking Soda Rocket Day. Thousands of students across the U.S. are ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that ...

For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Bob McDonald celebrates LIGO ...

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars by a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket. ESCAPADE will study how the "solar wind ...

Explore the universe with multi-messenger astronomy, combining light, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays for a ...

A Pakistan-born German astrobiologist has identified life-supporting organic molecules beneath the icy crust of Enceladus, ...

Astronomers have recently made an extraordinary discovery that brings a new layer of complexity to our understanding of the universe: the Odd Radio Circles (ORCs). These strange and massive rings of ...

With such extraordinary potential for our international standing in astronomy, the cost of ESO membership seems like a ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible ...

The footage, captured by Pettit during a recent visit to the International Space Station (ISS), clearly shows a number of Starlink satellites in a long line (the so-called train) as the orbital ...