Mars has always captivated the imagination, blending fascination and mystery. Occasionally, released images reveal unusual patterns on its surface, although most of these have logical and conventional ...

Betelgeuse is a colossal star that shines brilliantly in the constellation Orion, approximately 600 light-years from Earth. Immense and unstable, this red supergiant is in the final stages of its ...

Landscape astro photographer, Tom Rae, has won the Royal Museums Greenwich Skyscapes Astronomy Photographer of the Year for a second time.

The James Webb Space Telescope has changed the game for planet hunters. Recent readings found what look like the first clues of atmospheres on a few small, rocky exoplanets. There’s no proof of life, ...

The composer and playwright just received the coveted grant. On a visit to the Hayden Planetarium—which includes a video narrated by Pedro Pascal—she considers the cosmic collisions that got her here.

Introducing The Mashable 101, our list of content creators shaping digital culture today. Credit: Mashable/Abdulai Hallowell/Max Montgomery/V Spehar/Dominique Charriau/Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty ...

NASA introduced its newest astronaut candidates Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars. Lawler, 38, most ...

Astronomy James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week Astronomy James Webb telescope's ...

MENASHA (WLUK) -- Community members are invited to explore the wonders of the universe at Family Astronomy Day at the Barlow Planetarium. It's a special event Sept. 27 celebrating the reopening of the ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...