An aerospace engineer explains why NASA, Space Force and other agencies are using or testing aerobraking for more ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and observe a planetary nebula in the ...

A Full Flower Moon shines in the sky tonight from sunset to sunrise. This month's Full Moon appears smaller than usual, just ...

Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets that have been confirmed so far and many more thousands of candidates, most orbit stars the ...

Jupiter’s moon Callisto passes near the planet’s northern limb, shortly before Io transits and Ganymede emerges from the gas ...

The Moon passes just 0.4° south of Virgo the Maiden's bright alpha star, Spica, early on the morning of May 10.

New views of TOI-421 b by JWST gives insight into how the most common type of planet in the galaxy might form.

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

Although our universe is mostly normal matter, antimatter isn’t so hard to create — supernovae, black holes, and even bananas ...

The Swan Nebula (M17) glides through the early-morning sky near the border that Sagittarius shares with Scutum and Serpens ...

Vesta’s classification has vexed astronomers for decades, but a recent study is forcing planetary scientists to reevaluate ...

Asteroid 9 Metis reaches opposition in the constellation Libra. The main-belt world is visible all night, and best positioned ...