Astronomy Magazine

One physicist is proposing we do away with units such as light-years, astronomical units, and arcseconds....

We've gotten so accustomed to seeing photos of Earth from space that sometimes it's easy to forget just how beautiful our planet truly is.

The just-launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) could soon provide the breakthrough identification of dozens of potentially habitable exoplanets right in our cosmic backyard...

Thousands of stars were born in the same cluster as the Sun, but where are they now? To help solve this mystery, astronomers have analyzed the DNA of 340,000 stars....

Based on new research, scientists think that the martian moons Phobos and Deimos likely formed after a catastrophic collision between Mars and a dwarf-planet-sized object. SwRItv According to a new study published today in Science Advances, Mars&rsq...

Uranus and Neptune are believed to contain superionic ice at pressure and temperatures not found on Earth....

Diamonds found in meteorites on Earth may have come from an ancient long-dead planet the size of Mercury or Mars, the first potential known relics from these lost worlds, a new study finds. Scientists examined a ureilite, a kind of meteorite that is...

With its high contrast ratio, DARKNESS could reveal planets hidden in the light of their host stars....

After a scrubbed launch on Monday, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has another 30-second launch window today starting at 6:51 p.m.

Brian Keating explores the pitfalls of pursuing science's highest honor, in the context of uncovering the universe's earliest moments....

Every few minutes, a pair of black holes slams together, producing a faint but steady drumbeat of gravitational waves.

By blocking the overshadowing light from young stars, astronomers are finally giving protoplanetary disks their time to shine.

On a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is scheduled to launch no earlier than 6:32 p.m.

The craft carried out 28 missions and forever shaped our approach to space travel....

Scientists working on NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet's polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering the magnetic fi...