Far beyond Saturn’s main moons, a dark object moves backwards through the system, defying everything expected. Scientists ...

Astronomers have used the ages of stars to identify the point where the Milky Way’s disk becomes so diffuse that stars ...

Melville Moon III, 79, of Atlantic Highlands, left this world March 31, 2026, holding the hands of his loved ones. Born Jan. 15, 1947, in Beaumont, Texas, he was raised in the home his grandfather ...

On a humid evening along Beach Road in Visakhapatnam, a small crowd gathers around a telescope, waiting for a glimpse of the moon. Conversations quieten as each viewer takes a turn. Some step back in ...

NASA has launched four astronauts on a pioneering journey around the moon—the Artemis II mission. Follow our coverage here. As the U.S. government slashes its spending on basic science, one thing ...

Exciting planetary action takes place this month. Venus and Uranus vie for attention and lie close to each other in late April. Jupiter offers a lot to observe through a telescope, particularly events ...

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If everything goes according to plan, tomorrow, April 1, for the first time in more than 50 years, human beings will leave Earth bound for the Moon. The countdown began Monday at 4:44 p.m. EDT, with ...

A group of scientists, including a class of undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, has discovered the most chemically pristine star yet known in the universe. This star dates back to the ...

Michael d’Estries is a science journalist with two decades of experience devoted to illuminating astronomy, space exploration, and sustainability through compelling storytelling. April is here, and it ...