Astronomers describe Mercury as an "inferior planet", because its orbital path around the sun is much closer than that of ...

Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler runs a detective story at the Grand Canyon to recreate a famous photo of Neil ...

Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.

The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...

Almost a thousand of the world’s top space scientists will visit Durham University next week (7 to 11 July) as we host the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025. NAM is the flagship annual event ...

The Met Office said solar activity is expected to increase to 'Unsettled to Active' with 'G1/Minor Storm (Kp5) intervals' on ...

It appears our solar system is getting more popular with out-of-towners. Astronomers may have found a third interstellar ...

In his new book '52 Assignments: Night Photography', award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury invites you to raise your lens ...

From medieval trebuchets to wildflower balms, Nina Moore blends hands-on science experiments with her own art and history ...

The GAO determined that 14 of 18 NASA projects assessed were within cost and schedule margins during fiscal 2025, but four programs—led by the Orion deep-space crew capsule—are over budget by a total ...