Space News & Blog Articles

We're in peak Milky Way season, and the evenings have become dark and moonless. Andromegasus is up. So is Saturn. Before dawn, the late-risen Moon passes over Jupiter and Mars.

A Westfield, Massachusetts, teenager is the recipient of an award in recognition of her multi-faceted outreach activities.

The European mission to Jupiter's icy moons provided us with some amazing views closer to home, of Earth and the Moon.

New analysis reveals evidence of a super-Earth-mass exoplanet forming in the disk surrounding the star TW Hydrae.

This far-southern constellation contains some delightful sights for small telescopes.

Vega shines overhead as the zenith star at dusk. Jupiter and Mars are separating. When the Moon is just past full it poses next to Saturn — which, by no coincidence, is less than a month from opposition.

A new chemical analysis confirms the Chicxulub impactor was a fragile type of asteroid that formed in the outer solar system, unlike several other ancient impactors.

Is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS falling apart? How bright will it likely get? We try to answer those questions and more.

New research suggests that our galaxy’s first stars might have come together within a billion years after the Big Bang.

Hold your breath: astronomers are re-evaluating their definition of a planet. Spoiler: it won’t bring Pluto back into the family.

Astronomers at the International Astronomical Union report that we have now detected more than 200 gravitational-wave events, most the merger of two black holes.

The Perseids peak on Sunday night, August 11-12 and just might be joined by a colorful display of northern lights. 

The Perseid meteor shower peaks late Sunday night August 11th and maybe Monday night too. Jupiter and Mars have a close conjunction on the morning of the 14th, looking radically different in the same telescopic view.

The year’s long-awaited Perseid meteor shower will be accompanied by a graceful planetary conjunction. It’s well worth staying up all night to watch.

Fifteen years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope gazed intently at the infrared glow of galaxies in a tiny fraction of the sky. New research shows how this patch of space has changed since then.

New data on the brightest pulsar observed with a telescope on the International Space Station suggests neutron star interiors are "squishy."

Amateur astronomers are all life-long learners — and this "back to school" time of year provides just the right motivation.

"Leopard spots" on a Mars rock could come from life — or they could simply be a sign of a type of chemical reaction that requires water.

The Perseid meteors ramp up this week to their peak. Saturn is nicely up by late evening. Jupiter and Mars near their conjunction in the morning sky. And there's a story behind Poniatowski's Bull.

It's time again for the annual August meteor-shower fest, the Perseids. This year's display should be a beauty with only minor moonlight and a special surprise at dawn.

Future funding for NASA's remaining Great Observatories — Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope — is still up in the air.