Astronomy

STARMUS La Palma 2025 is set to unite space, science and stargazing with presentations and concerts under some of the darkest skies in the world.

With Katy Perry's all-female spaceflight set to launch on April 14, here's a look at the other celebrities who have flown to space with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

Blue Origin will launch an all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry on Monday morning (April 14), and you can watch the historic action live.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday (April 12), carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit.

One of the challenges of searching for life in the Universe is that there is no single universal biosignature that could reveal its presence. Even if we could tell the difference between chemicals produced by living organisms and those from non-living sources like volcanoes, we're still making the assumption that alien life would resemble life on Earth. A new paper proposes that missions search for “energy-ordered resource stratification” which only happens when both self-replication and ecological competition are present.

James Neihouse had one more thing to share. He pulled out a frame displaying strips of tape, each of which had notes from astronauts who filmed the IMAX movie "The Dream is Alive" 40 years ago.

A new soft robotic arm and its controller break down naturally

The pop star is leaning into STEM ahead of her spaceflight.

On Episode 156 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik welcome Phil Metzger to discuss the dangerous realities of rocket plumes.

SpaceX launched the ninth batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Calfornia's central coast today (April 12).

Why are there so many moonquakes?

If the perennially versatile 'Doctor Who' isn't a mixed bag, it isn't fulfilling its true potential.

Blue Origin will stream the launch of its next suborbital tourism mission, which features a star-studded, all-female crew, on April 14.

Easter falls on the Sunday that follows the first full moon occurring on or after the day of the spring equinox. So it seems like Easter should be this weekend. Here's why it isn't.

The powerful GOES-19 satellites, one of the most advanced ever built, has taken on a new name.

There’s a chance to see both a Full Pink micromoon and the northern lights in the sky for some this weekend.