Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

Christopher Nolan and Sir David Attenborough recently received the prestigious Hawking Medal for Science Communication.

After more than a decade of service, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has been powered down for good—closing one ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and ...

NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...

Bradley says stargazing is a way to honor the ancestral knowledge that Hawaiians have used for centuries to navigate the ...