Space

For the past few weeks, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck on the International …

Apart from the Sun, its planets, and their moons, our Solar System has vast amounts of space rocks …

Any night now, a “new star” or nova will appear in the night sky. While it won’t set …

When we turn our radio telescopes out toward space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating …

Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes …

If you’re a fan of all things space, you’ve doubtless heard about the “devil comet,” which has captivated …

We breathe oxygen and nitrogen gas in our atmosphere every day, but did you know that these gases …

After a decade of silence, one of the most powerful magnets in the universe suddenly burst back to …

Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this …

How fast can a neutron star drive powerful jets into space? The answer, it turns out, is about …