There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

What do you think of when it comes to extra-terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings ...

The energy source behind both quasars and microquasars is the spin of the black hole itself. As they gradually give up this ...

What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings ...

A new research paper in the Astrophysical Journal suggests that Cambridge scientists have managed to find emissions from ...

Photos show what liftoff looks like from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Vandenberg, California Below are photos of SpaceX and United Launch Alliance rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

Space science at NASA is on the chopping block.

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life.

space looks like us too. Space is for all, not for some," she told the publication. As part of the mission, the 36-year-old carried handwritten postcards with the dreams of students around the world. ...