One of those ground-based telescopes is the Rubin Observatory, named after famed astronomer Vera Rubin. Unlike other ...

The biggest full moon of 2025, a so-called supermoon, will rise on Wednesday, Nov. 5, lighting up the night sky with its dramatic glow.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered in July 2025, offers a rare glimpse into material from beyond our solar system. This ...

How far is the moon? I’ll bet that many of my readers know the answer; we all learned it in school. In fact, I still recall reciting it in fifth grade: ...

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

From the balcony of his family’s downtown London, Ontario apartment, five-year-old Siddharth Patel would spend nights gazing ...

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling ...

Students at i3 Academy got a closer look at the stars Wednesday as the U.S. Space and Rocket Center brought its mobile ...

Ever since the audacious Parisian break-in, art historian Penelope Jackson's phone has been ringing off the hook.