A century from now, a pair of spacecraft might boldly go where no human-made object has gone before: a black hole. Here's how ...

The nearest black hole that we know of at the moment is 1,560 light-years away. There’s probably a black hole lurking within ...

Now that its ancient journey is over, the rock begins a new chapter on Earth. Officially named the McDonough Meteorite, it is ...

The tiny planet Mercury stands 19° west of the Sun in the early-morning sky, located in Cancer near the Beehive Cluster.

Starship flight 10, A USSF mission, a NASA/SpaceX cargo run to the ISS, and multiple Starlink deployments are all launching ...

Prior to flybys, scientists used mathematical laws and observation to determine the characteristics of the planets.

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out as twilight begins on the morning of August 19 to see a thin crescent Moon. Below the Moon, you’ll easily spot Jupiter ...

During the total solar eclipse of Aug. 18, 1868, two astronomers, Pierre Jules César Janssen of France and J. Norman Lockyer ...

One of the last few Titan shadow transits of the year takes place overnight tonight, with several of Saturn’s other moons ...

Today in the history of astronomy, the second moon of Mars is discovered.

NGC 6910 is a bright open cluster in Cygnus the Swan, visible overnight as the Summer Triangle flies high around local ...

Today in the history of astronomy, a photo is shot. The moon Phoebe will be discovered in it months later.