These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha Centauri's location and path are shown by a yellow star and a solid blue line ...

Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Scientists work to define a “habitable zone,” which means that if it’s too close to a star, the water heats and evaporates, and too far, it freezes. Also, the atmospheric conditions need to be just ...

ALIENS could discover humans on Earth by spotting one of 12 signs, scientists say. Topping the list is a clue that could be ...

The study of exoplanets has come a long way since the first detection of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun in 1995. This groundbreaking discovery, achieved through the radial velocity (RV) ...

an indefatigably defiant pop-culture fringe lord who bent the world and altered our orbit, diffusing our natural albedo and forcing uncertainty into our daylit materiality. That’s one way to think ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Late last year, we got some new information regarding Apple’s in-house wireless networking chip, dubbed Proxima. So far, we know this chip will go in a number of home related products ...

One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery on Thursday (January 16, 2025), stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station ...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket into orbit for the first time early Thursday, marking a new step in the commercial space race.