"Stars like the sun don’t just stop shining for no reason." ...

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

The writers of Star Trek went above and beyond to make the universe as realistic as possible.

The astrophysicist was one of the first researchers to bring astronomy closer to the general public and to advocate the ...

Cryogenic sleep, or suspended animation, could allow humans to survive long journeys to distant planets. By drastically slowing biological processes, crews might travel for years while aging very ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

The idea sounds simple enough when reduced to its basics. Put reflective surfaces in orbit and redirect sunlight back to Earth after sunset. A Califor.

Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP ...

Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely small ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, predicted eclipses and used their observations to construct calendars, develop ...

Interest in astronomy and space science has grown steadily in recent years, and with it the search for a planetarium in ...