In late May and early June, many people in the central and southeastern United States saw a bright red sun in the sky. Some ...

Astronomers have long thought the Milky Way was destined to merge with the nearby Andromeda galaxy. The aftermath of this ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether or ...

"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising." ...

Technological advances do not leave the study of space exempt. Thanks to the possibilities offered by evolution, devices such as telescopes are improved as never before, and resear ...

Red supergiant Antares, having just passed opposition on May 30, begins June low in the southeast at dusk. The morning ...

NBC Bay Area's Rob Mayeda shares viewing tips and some of the science behind what makes the aurora borealis aka northern ...

But this assumes that nothing affects the Solar System in the meantime, and that is not a certainty. As we travel around the ...

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

One of the few elements capable of facing the passage of time is art. Regardless of the form, art always endures and ...

Every few pages contains a line that seems to crack open your heart most quietly. Readers mark passages like prayers, especially those that ask: What will you do with your one wild and precious life?

As one galaxy smashed into the other, the winner pieced its cosmic victim, leaving behind a high level of radiation in a ...