Space has captured human imagination for centuries. Yet along with our fascination, countless misconceptions have spread like ...

In a cosmic fireworks display, scientists have observed two objects colliding around a bright star 25 light-years from Earth.

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

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Scientists discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet’s total to 274. Many of these moons are “only a few ...

First Full Moon and Quadrantid Meteor Shower Shine in Night Sky on 3rd Bright meteors expected despite moonlight; lunar ...

Space looks very dark from Earth. But does the solar system, and the universe for that matter, have an area that's the darkest of all? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

In a small blow to the search for extraterrestrial life, a nearby star shot out a strong enough coronal mass ejection to strip away the atmosphere of any rocky planets that could have been in the way.

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until it didn’t. Inside the newly built Vera C. Rubin Observatory, site project scientist Sandrine ...

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First Light! Astronomy on Tap brings professional astronomers and space enthusiasts out of the lecture hall and into local ...

Giving a push to science education among girls from disadvantaged groups, Delhi government set up a model astronomy ...