An interdisciplinary team centered around a Jena astrophysicist utilized observations from antiquity to prove that Betelgeuse—the bright red giant star...
After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak,...
While observing a newly-dormant galaxy using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), scientists discovered...
NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission and the United Arab Emirates’ Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) have released joint...
NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to...
After technical issues halted its first launch attempt, NASA will try again on Saturday to get its new 30-story rocket...
Astronauts are at higher risk for developing mutations—possibly linked to spaceflight—that can increase the risk of developing cancer and heart...
With an eye toward a possible return mission years in the future, Cornell astronomers have shown how smooth terrains—a good...
A new study has found that “diamond rain,” a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be...
The stars appear to be aligned for NASA’s Moon rocket to finally blast off on Saturday, with weather forecasts favorable...
By precisely tracing a small, almost imperceptible, wobble in a nearby star’s motion through space, astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-like...
Tens of tons of extraterrestrial solid material collide with Earth daily. Most of this material is small enough that it...
