NASA’s SPHEREx mission has successfully communicated with Earth, marking the start of an ambitious journey to map the cosmos.

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...

A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...

NASA launched a new space telescope to explore the origins of the universe. The SPHEREx mission, which stands for ...

According to the Ancient Egyptian Astronomy Database , most of the diagonal star tables found in the past have been found in coffins made in the early Middle Kingdom around 2000 BC.

University of Arizona astronomers have learned more about a surprisingly mature galaxy that existed when the universe was ...

Ready for a show? On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar ...

The renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson encourages you to explore the universe with his top picks for astronomy books ...

A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter compiles 44 hand-drawn cartographic charts created by ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. A new study by Rice University ...

The recent Georgia Southern Planetarium viewing of Lamps of Atlantis took local residents on a journey through the stars.