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Astronomy

Sarah Zielinski (left) is an assistant editor at Smithsonian magazine and Jennifer Drapkin (right) is a senior editor at Mental Floss magazine.

Jennifer Drapkin and Sarah Zielinski on “Celestial Sleuth”

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Vote for Hubble’s Next Target

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Astronomer Explains Consequences of a More Massive Milky Way

NASA's Stardust capsule returned from a seven-year, three-billion-mile trip to collect dust from comet Wild 2.

Stardust Memories

Cosmic dust may reveal some of the uncovered secrets of our universe

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The Universe Has Its Secrets; We’ve Got Science Rap

Galileo

Galileo, Reconsidered

The first biography of Galileo Galilei resurfaces and offers a new theory as to why the astronomer was put on trial

Maybe Life Arrived from Beyond the Stars, Says Meteorite

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Update: Quake-Hit Pandas; Mars Lander

Coming Soon to a Cineplex Far, Far Away

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Into the Void

Unraveling an astronomical mystery… and a presidency

Homing In on Black Holes

To gain insight into the most mysterious objects in the universe, astronomers shine a light at the chaotic core of our Milky Way

Bright Moon, Warm Earth?

Hubble Gets Tucked In

Happy Hubbledays!

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Behold, the Geminids

One of the year’s best meteor showers comes in December. Here’s how to view the action

Posted from Christchurch, New Zealand

Head Toward the Light

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Space Looks Cool, But What Does It Sound Like?

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Record-breaking Black Hole

A Field Guide to Supernovas

The Willamette Meteorite is on view at the Natural History Museum.

Going Once…Going Twice…

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