Astronomy
First Global Map of Saturn's Moon Titan Reveals Secrets of Earth's 'Deranged' Twin
The map showcases the planet's flat plains, sand dunes, hilly terrain and lakes full of liquid methane
Astronomers Detect Record-Breaking Gamma Ray Bursts From Colossal Explosion in Space
A powerful outburst in a distant galaxy produced photons with high enough energies to be detected by ground-based telescopes for the first time
Meet the Global Team That Captured the First Image of a Black Hole
Never before had scientists seen the phenomenon until they rallied colleagues around the world to view a galaxy far, far away
Millions of Plasma 'Spicules' Could Explain the Extreme Heat of the Sun's Atmosphere
New observations suggest interactions between opposite magnetic fields cause millions of super hot tendrils to erupt from the surface of the sun
NASA Names Most Distant Object Ever Explored 'Arrokoth,' the Powhatan Word for Sky
The space rock's initial nickname, Ultima Thule, drew criticism for its ties to Nazi ideology
NASA Opens Pristine Tube of Moon Dust From the Apollo Missions
Studying the lunar material will help scientists understand the best way to analyze new samples from future missions to the moon
How to Watch Mercury’s Rare Transit Across the Sun
Step one: Protect your eyes
One Hundred Years Ago, Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Baffled the Press and the Public
Few people claimed to fully understand it, but the esoteric theory still managed to spark the public's imagination
NASA Celebrates Halloween With These Interstellar Horror Posters
The artwork highlights the weird world of exoplanets where it rains glass and planets circle zombie stars
Was Jakob Brodbeck First in Flight? And More Questions From Our Readers
You’ve got questions, we’ve got experts
Behold This 'Cosmic Yeti,' a Monster Galaxy From the Beginning of Time
Astronomers recently spotted 12.5 billion-year-old light from the giant galaxy, which helps explains the evolution of the early universe
To Find Baby Planets, Researchers Chase Waterfalls of Gas
Analysis of data from the ALMA telescope shows gas flows from the surface to middle of protoplanetary discs as new planets form
What Astronomers Can Learn From Hot Jupiters, the Scorching Giant Planets of the Galaxy
Many of the planets that are roughly the size of Jupiter orbit right next to their stars, burning at thousands of degrees
Three Win Physics Nobel for Showing Our Place in the Cosmos
Half goes to cosmologist James Peebles for work on cosmic background and dark matter and half goes to the team that discovered the first exoplanet
Researchers Discovered 20 Tiny New Moons Circling Saturn
The ringed planet now takes Jupiter's title for the planet with the most moons
New Organic Compounds Found in Plumes From Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus
Analysis of data from the late, great Cassini spacecraft reveals the moon is spurting oxygen and nitrogen-bearing organic compounds into space
How Charlotte Moore Sitterly Wrote The Encyclopedia of Starlight
The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
Recently Discovered Neutron Star Is Almost Too Massive to Exist
The star J0740+6620 is 2.14 times the mass of our sun but just 12 miles in diameter, approaching the density of a black hole
Astronomers Spot a Comet That Likely Came From a Different Solar System
After 'Oumuamua, the newly detected rock is just the second known object to visit from interstellar space
A Rare Harvest 'Micromoon' Will Light Up the Sky on Friday the 13th
The United States hasn’t experienced a nation-wide full moon on this superstitious date since 2000
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