Space & Physics

According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent observations could overturn this long-held assumption

Pearl Young joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1922, working across departments before becoming a technical editor

Will still more auroras ring out 2024, a year marked by the celestial displays?

Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bell from tens of thousands of light-years away

The Parker Solar Probe will swoop just 6.1 million kilometers above the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. Scientists are thrilled at what we might learn

The moon may have melted 4.35 billion years ago—explaining a lunar age mystery

With billions of stars in the Milky Way, some nomenclature standardization is necessary

Material from asteroid Ryugu riddled with earthly microbes provides a cautionary tale for scientists seeking signs of alien life

See the year’s most striking images from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, NASA’s Mars rover and the best sky watching on offer

As wildfires grow in severity and frequency, they’re not only threatening lives but also our visual connection to the cosmos

If there’s a hidden world in the solar system, a new telescope should find it

Astronomy is a bright spot amid turbulence on Earth