USSF-106 mission launches a navigation satellite for the U.S. Space Force, flanked by six other commercial and international ...

Science pulls the famed 2011 'arsenic life' study on GFAJ-1, reigniting debate over scientific standards and editorial ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the morning of August 13 to see the bright planets Venus and Jupiter close together low in the eastern sky. This ...

A brightening Moon limits deep-sky options, but this cluster never fails to disappoint: M13, the great globular in Hercules the Strongman.

The first of two Titan shadow transits this month occurs this morning — can you catch the big, black shadow crossing Saturn’s ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Neptune and Saturn appear together in a telescope as Mars passes a star in Virgo and Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the ...

Today in the history of astronomy, the first record of a periodic variable star is made.

Scientists are turning to simulations and experiments to understand how life-indicating molecules behave, so we might know ...

There's so much more to Andromeda than its eponymous galaxy. Here's a list of other targets to observe in the Princess.

With our satellite half-lit, several features stand out for easy observing tonight, including dark seas and bright craters.

Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering ...