Astronomers
Meet the Newly Named 86 Stars of the Night Sky
The new names are drawn from China, Australia, South Africa, Maya, Polynesian and Coptic traditions
Dinosaurs Were Around Before Saturn Had Rings
Data from the Cassini space probe suggests that the rings may be as young as 150 million years old
The First Interstellar Object Seen Buzzing by Earth Is Pretty Weird
Roughly the size of a football field, the object is roughly 10 times longer than it is wide
Leonid Meteor Shower Will Streak Through Skies This Weekend
Expect 10 to 25 shooting stars per hour as the planet passes through the debris of comet Tempel-Tuttle
Astronomers Spot One of the Oldest Galaxies in the Universe
The dusty, star-forming galaxy is 12.8 billion years old
Jupiter's Auroras Are Surprisingly Out of Sync
X-ray bursts from the poles are expected to line up, but the south is regular while the north produces haphazard bursts
Look Up: The Orionid Meteor Shower Will Streak Through Skies This Weekend
Bits of Halley's Comet are raining down on Earth, and the show will peak in the wee hours of Saturday morning
Scientists Spot the Spark From Ancient Collision of Neutron Stars
The chirp and flash from the event offers clues to the origin of Earth's precious metals
World's Largest Radio Telescope Spies Its First Pulsars
Still in its trial run, the China's FAST radio telescope has already identified two new pulsars and perhaps a dozen more
How a 1604 Supernova Presented a Challenge to Astronomers
The supernova provided proof to Galileo, Kepler and others that the heavens were not fixed–although they were wrong about what caused the bright star
Three Scientists Behind the Detection of Gravitational Waves Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
The trio is the leading force behind the massive pair of detectors that can measures ripples in the fabric of space-time smaller than the width of a proton
Scientists Discover One Last Image From the Rosetta Mission
The probe sent partial data for the photo before it crash landed on a comet September 30, 2016
Hubble Spots Strange Pair of Space Rocks in the Night Sky
The duo, dubbed 288P, may help scientists better understand asteroid evolution
Why Everyone Went on a Wild Goose Chase Looking for the Planet Vulcan
The idea of a ninth planet in the Solar System would resolve a mathematical conundrum about Mercury–only problem is, it wasn't there
2.8 Million Stars Sparkle in This Incredible Image of the Milky Way
The Gaia star surveyor captured a densely packed area near the center of the galaxy
The Secret Lives of Cannibal Stars Revealed, Thanks to 15th Century Korean Astronomers
For the first time ever, astrophysicists observe the entire life cycle of a binary star system
The Universe Needs You: To Help in the Hunt for Planet 9
How one citizen science endeavor is using the Internet to democratize the search for distant worlds
Eclipse 2017: In Pursuit of Totality
You’ve made plans, packed bags, obtained glasses. Here's what to read to fully appreciate this event in all its glory
This New Mexico Petroglyph Might Reveal an Ancient Solar Eclipse
In 1097, a Pueblo artist may have etched a rare celestial event into the rock for all of posterity
New Storm as Big as Earth Is Stirring Up Neptune's Atmosphere
Astronomers aren't sure if the 5,600-mile-wide storm will peter out or if a deep vortex will keep it churning
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