Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. September 7: Venus and Spica, side by side The ...

Recent examinations of historical Galileo data have uncovered ammonia compounds near the surface fractures of Europa. This ...

In 2014, San Antonio astronomers thought they detected giant water plumes erupting from a distant moon. Now they’re not so ...

Earth's satellite skims through several constellations, meeting up with planets and stars in the sky this week.

It’s one of humanities greatest questions: are we alone? And in the 50 years since the 1976 Viking landings on Mars, the ...

This month, we’ll be able to see some planets in the early morning and evening skies, and even get a clear night for some ...

EXCLUSIVE: Our JUICE spacecraft is currently hurtling towards the planet at 30,000mph packed with scientific equipment that could finally answer the question that has forever perplexed mankind: “Are ...

Ryugu asteroid prebiotic chemistry advances with a 2026 Nature Astronomy study confirming that Hayabusa2 samples show ancient ...

There’s a lake in Antarctica that no human has ever touched. Not because it’s remote, though it is, but because it sits under ...

A lake nearly the size of Lake Ontario lies in complete darkness beneath East Antarctica. Its water remains liquid under an ...

The astronauts on a jolly jaunt tumble through space without spacesuits. They stand on that improbable beach in shirtsleeves ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...