Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

A recent paper suggests that if astrobiologists want to make an educated guess about what life on Venus might look like, they should look to a weird microbe called A. ferrooxidans, found here onEarth.

An annual event over recent years, the I Heart Pluto Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, celebrates the history, heritage, and cutting-edge astronomy at Lowell Observatory. On Feb. 18, 1930, the young ...

Simulated stellar explosions show that massive early stars could have created plentiful water for future stars and planets to ...

The short answer is that you would weigh roughly one-sixth your Earth weight on the Moon — we also can figure this out for ...

Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...

A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.

A stunning Blood Moon March 13/14 caps off plenty of planetary action and sparkling stars in the sky this week.

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

Astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 planets beyond our own solar system. Here's how — and how we'll find even more.