They won't be home for Christmas, but that's okay. They may not be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding ...

The past water year, October 2024 through September 2025, brought the highest Arctic air temperatures since records began 125 ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar neighbor, which lies just 4.2 light-years away — thanks to a powerful new ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.

In recent years, astronomers have become increasingly interested in a theoretical particle known as the axion, which was ...

NASA's Artemis program represents the most ambitious human spaceflight effort since Apollo, aiming not only to return ...

"Hubble has given us a front row seat to the chaotic processes that are shaping disks as they build new planets — processes ...

Since its release in 2017, the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon has reigned supreme as the largest and highest piece count ...

The hours following sunset on Dec. 25 offer a wealth of naked-eye astronomy targets that can put even the most glitzy Christmas lights to shame, especially when viewed from a dark sky location.

Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile and was quickly ...

If you're hoping for a festive skywatching surprise, Christmas week is shaping up to be more active than usual in space. Fast ...