Observations of the Rimae Bode region on the moon reveal five distinct types of terrain and identify several potential landing sites for China's first crewed mission, according to research titled ...

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C.

Research team cites abundant mare basalts, river-like valleys formed from surface lava flows and deposits of volcanic ...

It's Friday evening. You have two days to fill, no budget to speak of, and kids who will be awake by 7 a.m. asking what ...

Associate Professor Hanae Inami at the Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center specializes in astronomy, with a particular ...

More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth. We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how remote our location, and streaking through images from research telescopes. SpaceX ...

Several countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey, and Australia, have confirmed Friday, ...

Not a US flag in sight Researchers from China are narrowing down the landing sites for the nation’s first crewed mission to ...

The eclipse will be visible across nearly the entire United States in the early morning hours, making it a must-see celestial event for skywatchers and astronomy fans alike. Unlike solar eclipses, a ...

Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about ...

There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean worlds and super-Earths with a rocky structure ...

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary ...