Astronomy

Searching the known universe for Earth-like planets is a tiring process, because even beyond its size and relative distance from the...

It's not possible to get a good look at the Big Bang. While telescopes can be used to see millions of years into the past, thanks to...

If the phrase "ultraluminous x-ray source" sounds cool to you, rest assured the actual thing is just as fascinating. First...

Five years from now could see humans living near the moon. Part of President Trump's 2019 NASA budget proposal allocates $2.7 billion...

After years of study and searching, astronomers have finally gained a look at the earliest start of a supernova's massive explosion....

First, a little perspective: the sun is about 330,000 times more massive than the Earth, which means it's large enough to fit 1.3...

Humanity's ability to map the universe around us has just expanded significantly, as astronomers have been able to detect an enormous...

In about four billion years, we're going to see a collision of quite literally galactic proportions: the Milky Way and the Andromeda...

Stargazers are in for a rare double-feature today: not only do they have the chance to watch a partial solar eclipse, a recent solar...

The asteroid Psyche 16 is a very special space rock: it's almost entirely made of metal, including iron, nickel, and gold, which has...

Just when you thought Oumuamua couldn't surprise us anymore, astronomers have announced that the strange, cigar-shaped object that...

Two previously unknown "potentially hazardous" asteroids will pass close to Earth this week, and once again we're reminded that a)...

New research on the shape and behavior of large galaxies has been published which may upend everything we think we know about the...

Finding alien life isn't an exact science yet--unless we stumble upon microbes on Mars or get a visit from a real-life Klaatu and...

Despite being 39 light-years away from out solar system, Trappist-1 may be our best shot at finding habitable exoplanets--and alien...

Everything we knew about black holes could be wrong. Okay, not everything. But there may be a chance, according to new research, that...

Unlike that false alarm in Hawaii, this potentially cataclysmic piece of news is real: an asteroid between 22 and 68 meters in...

Have you ever wanted to fly through space? In a non-lethal way, of course. And you'd probably have to pick a specific destination,...

Good news: Last year saw a dramatic increase in the number of asteroids that we know about that flew uncomfortably close to the Earth,...

The planet Proxima-b is camera shy. In fairness, most exoplanets are - it's hardly easy to photograph any planet within our own solar...