Black holes are known for their voracious appetites, consuming everything — even light — that falls inside them with no hope ...

Two occurrences of the world’s greatest science festival took place last month — one in La Palma, Canary Islands, and one in ...

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory helped diagnose the cause behind a large kink in a huge filament near the center of the ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out the evening of May 5 to see Mars close to the ...

An astronomer breaks down 3 key components that allow researchers to make groundbreaking discoveries — and decide when ...

Skinny” funding prioritizes a focus on Moon and Mars missions over science and projects characterized as “grossly expensive.” ...

This morning is the best time to catch the Eta Aquariid meteor shower, which should produce about 10 meteors per hour before dawn.

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was that rare type of comet that arrived with fanfare and lived up to the hype, serving up naked-eye views ...

Although our universe is mostly normal matter, antimatter isn’t so hard to create — supernovae, black holes, and even bananas ...

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

SETI’s senior astronomer explains how colossal artifacts could be the key to finding extraterrestrial life, past or present.

Catch some morning meteors, see the Moon reach First Quarter, and watch Mars visit the Beehive in the sky this week.