Astronomy

Surveys that ask thousands of people how they spend their time have revealed some surprising activities that seem to make any given day a good one

Researchers examining seismic data recorded on Mars say the have found evidence supporting the presence of liquid water deep inside the Red Planet.

When Betelgeuse goes off, it's going to be the show of a lifetime. But it’s not going to hurt us.

Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different spectroscopic profile than Psyche, for example. So it might come as no surprise that another of the main asteroids - Pallas - is in a class all its own except for the 300 or so members of its "family" with similar orbital profiles and spectroscopic lines. A new paper from researchers who were then Visiting Astronomers at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) in Haiwi'i took a look at members of that family in the infrared for the first time and compared them to a particular Near-Earth object that might have a similar make-up.

This butterfly shaped nebula is the perfect target for the James Webb Space Telescope to learn more about star formation.

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus, Rocket Lab's Photon Spacecraft, will take on the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET."

The Force is strong with two rare screen-used 'Star Wars' props up for bids this month

A recent image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a gorgeous spiral galaxy bursting with new star formation.

An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even faster than expected.

Earlier this week, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) announced the science objectives for the fourth cycle of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) General Observations program - aka. Cycle 4 GO. In keeping with Webb's major science objectives, many of these programs will focus on the study of the earliest galaxies in the Universe.

Why are there so many cyclones around the north pole of Jupiter?

Ingenuity proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that a helicopter can operate on another planet. Over 72 flights, the little quadcopter that could captivated the imagination of space exploration fans everywhere. But, several factors limited it, and researchers at NASA think they can do better. Two papers presented at the recent Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 10-14 in The Woodlands, Texas, and led by Pascal Lee of NASA Ames and Derric Loya of the SETI Institute and Colorado Mesa University, describe a use case for that still-under-development helicopter, which they call Nighthawk.

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Robert O'Brien for a deep dive into nuclear propulsion technology for space exploration

SpaceX launched its third mission in less than 13 hours this morning (March 15), sending 23 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

The partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, will be seen from North America, Europe, Russia and parts of Africa.

SpaceX's Crew-10 astronaut mission arrived at the International Space Station early Sunday morning (March 16).

After many previous claims and false alarms, astronomers can finally confirm the existence of at least four planets less massive than Earth orbiting Barnard's Star.

What do you get when you fold together the contributions of four space station-bound astronauts from the U.S., Japan and Russia? A zero-gravity indicator in the form of a crocheted origami crane.