In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the ...

Here are some of the major stories from beyond Earth that happened during 2025.All-women space tripJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin ...

Astronomers have spotted AT2025ulz, a rare dual explosion — a supernova and a kilonova — that may be the first-ever observed ...

Astronomy stories of 2026 include the return of a total solar eclipse to the Artemis II mission that aims for humans ...

From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet ...

While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing ...

New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s ...

A look at the most-read space stories of 2025, covering satellite activity, space missions, scientific discoveries, and natural events observed from Earth ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the evening and early morning ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

Often considered the strongest meteor shower of the year, the Geminids produce numerous colorful meteors every hour. During ...