September’s Full Corn Moon is eclipsed for some observers, Titan passes behind Saturn, and Mars moves north of Spica in the ...

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

Researchers have spotted a Jupiter-like gas giant forming in the disk around a young sun — earlier in the star's lifetime ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, transits with its shadow early this morning, passing over the planet’s northern polar region.

President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. Space Command will relocate from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.

Using data from NASA’s InSight lander, Constantinos Charalambous from the Imperial College of London and colleagues studied ...

Today in the history of astronomy, NASA announces evidence of material being consumed by the black hole at the center of our ...

Saturn and Neptune reach opposition, looking their best for the year. Jupiter and Venus shine bright before dawn, as does the zodiacal light.

Ice giant Uranus is in Taurus, floating near the Pleiades star cluster and easy to locate in the early-morning sky.

Planetariums around the world are invited to participate in this year’s edition of the IAU’s annual outreach event.

Sound needs a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) to travel. Space is a vacuum, lacking the matter to carry sound waves. No sound in space means no echoes. While a near-perfect vacuum, some sounds can be ...

On Aug. 31, 1913, Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was born in England. When he was 15, a school trip to hear a lecture on ...