The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Sunspot AR3229 erupted with an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

This quiz invites you to chase comets through time and space, from ancient omens to modern scientific marvels.

If anyone thinks that the names given to the various places on the Moon—from craters to mountains, including ranges, seas and ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared Firefly Aerospace to resume launches of its Alpha rocket. The ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the morning while it's still dark, just before astronomical twilight, look to the east, and try to see the ...