Astronomy
Astronomers Have Discovered an Earth-Sized Exoplanet in Our Cosmic Backyard
But what would potential life look like on this planetary neighbor?
Why the Universe Needs More Black and Latino Astronomers
Astronomy has one of the worst diversity rates of any scientific field. This Harvard program is trying to change that
Long After Einstein, Cosmic Lensing Reaches Its Full Potential
How Hubble is taking advantage of Einstein’s theories to study the most distant galaxies
Part of Your Suntan Comes From Photons That Are Billions of Years Old
Thank bodies from beyond the galaxy for a bit of that golden glow
This Scientist Seeks Out the Secret History of Other Worlds
Maria Zuber has spent her career enabling discoveries beyond Earth. She says the best is yet to come
The Perseid Meteor Shower Looks Even More Beautiful When You Know Where It Comes From
Each streak across the sky is a fragment of the original material of our solar system
Opening the Space Race to the Entire World
A new era of collaboration and affordable technology has scientists across the globe sending spacecraft into outer space
Look Up! The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going to Be a Doozy This Year
The number of shooting stars could double this year
The Cosmos Sings in This Fusion of Astrophysics and Music
<i>The Hubble Cantata</i> brings the stars down to earth
Kepler Just Found 104 New Planets Outside of Our Solar System
Is anyone home?
Keep Your Eyes to the Sky for the Delta Aquarid Meteors This Month
The late-July meteor shower heralds the popular Perseids
Breathtaking New Images Capture Failed Stars and Planet-Sized Objects Inside the Orion Nebula
It’s the deepest look into the nebula ever seen before
If Telescopes Are Time Machines, the JWST Will Take Us the Furthest Back Yet
The James Webb Space Telescope promises to peer back into the making of the first galaxies
It's Official: We Are Now in Orbit Around Jupiter
After a nerve-wracking entry, NASA spacecraft Juno successfully entered the gas giant's orbit
These Ancient Tombs May Have Been Both Grave and Observatory
The best view of the heavens could be from within the tomb
Catch the Solar System’s Best Light Show With New Images of Jupiter’s Auroras
Jupiter’s Auroras Are the Best Light Show in the Solar System
Track These Space Rocks From Your Couch on Asteroid Day
With just a click, you can help astronomers learn more about two nearby asteroids
Breathtaking Images to Celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope Getting Another Five Years of Life
These amazing views are just a selection of the beautiful images the craft has captured over the years
“Weak Lensing” Helps Astronomers Map the Mass of the Universe
By making galaxies a little bit brighter, it points the way to elusive galaxies and lets us detect that most mysterious of substances: dark matter
Scientists Spot Tiny Asteroid Tagging Along Behind The Earth
It's our very own “quasi-moon”
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