A failed star known as "The Accident" is changing the way we look at the galaxy
The newly discovered brown dwarf is the first of its kind
What would photosynthesis look like around other stars?
Scientists have modeled possible plant behavior on alien worlds
Meet Nancy Grace Roman, the "mother" of the Hubble Space Telescope
She discovered fundamental truths about stars and galaxies, and also shaped NASA into what we know it as today
Meet Melba Roy Mouton, the Space Race mathematician and keeper of orbiting satellites
Roy Mouton, a mathematician and programmer, was a sort of hidden figure in Hidden Figures
Meet Evelyn Boyd Granville, the mathematician who mass produced computers and shot Apollo into space
One of the first Black women to earn a PhD in math, she worked on seemingly every major math project of the 20th century
Dust is the surprisingly ordinary culprit behind a supergiant star's unusual dimming
When astronomers observed Betelguese last year, they saw it as far fainter than it should have been
NASA releases the most detailed photo of Jupiter's largest moon to date
The image of Ganymede was taken by the Juno spacecraft
Let's go to Venus!
NASA's new DAVINCI+ and VERITAS missions will explore Venus
The Last Stargazer takes an intimate view of the world through telescopes
Emily Levesque's portrait of "delightful isolation" is astronomer-approved
How a scientist in a potato field founded the field of radio astronomy
Karl Guthe Jansky, hired to quiet hiss on long-distance phone calls, found radio waves coming from Sagittarius
Community scientists have discovered an unusual brown dwarf star
Paul Beaulieu and Austin Rothermich were participating in the Backyard Worlds project. You can, too!
What is a comet? Your answer may depend on the language you learn in
Some astronomical terms get lost in translation, depending on the language
Combined optical and X-ray image of Uranus.
Chandra image gallery. X-ray: NASA/CXO/University College London/W. Dunn et al; Optical: W.M. Keck Observatory.
Uranus emits extra x-rays, and scientists don't know why
They could be just reflections, or Uranus could have its own version of the Northern Lights
Scientists re-discover a long carbon chain molecule hiding in space
Cyanodecapentayne has been detected in the Taurus Molecular Cloud for the first time in over 20 years
A scientific correction finds Venus's atmosphere probably does not contain phosphine gas
The initial discovery set off a flurry of excitement. The reality is something more mundane
Two mistakes by a pair of astronomers expanded our knowledge of dying stars
Wade and Hjellming were initially looking for red supergiants. They didn't find them, but that doesn't mean they failed
How dark is outer space? The New Horizons spacecraft is helping astronomers find out
Measurements from beyond Pluto shed light on the "fossil record" of our universe
#BlackInAstro founder Ashley Walker is fighting for equality in the space sciences
Just three percent of undergraduate physics degrees are awarded to Black students. Walker aims to change that (and a lot more!)