A new study shows that the event that wiped out the dinosaurs caused only a small drop in shark and ray species at the same ...

Edward Charles Pickering graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence Scientific School at the age of 19, beginning a position as a physics professor at MIT a year later. During his 10 years there, he ...

Russell W. Porter had a fascination with telescope-making that proved contagious: When he moved to Springfield, Vermont, in 1919, many townsfolk quickly became interested in his hobby, prompting ...

Saturn and Neptune have been near neighbors for a while. By the last day of January, the two planets are just 1.7° apart, visible in the early-evening hours and setting before midnight. About 90 ...

The Moon passes 4° north of Jupiter at 9 P.M. EST. The pair shares the central regions of Gemini this evening, with the Moon appearing to the upper left of Jupiter, and framed on the left by the Twins ...

2026 is lining up to be a great year for skywatchers. Our comprehensive guide, curated by Astronomy‘s observing experts, lists everything you need to know to catch eclipses, meteor showers, planetary ...

Their new study shows that Earth’s massive drop in temperature after the dinosaurs went extinct could have been caused by a large drop in calcium levels in the ocean. The study showed that the ...

If you were to take a random blob of gas and heat it to solar temperatures (roughly 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit [5,500 degrees Celsius] at the surface or over 27 million F [15 million C] in the core), ...

The Moon passes 4° north of Jupiter this evening at 9 P.M. EST. The pair is visible most of the night in the central region of Gemini. Early in the evening, the nearly Full Moon hangs to the upper ...

Full Moon occurs at 5:09 P.M. EST, bringing the light of the February Snow Moon to our nighttime skies. This name may seem particularly apt, given the weather much of the U.S. has been experiencing as ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the highest surface temperatures of any normal stars, so they emit copious amounts ...