The universe is poised to die much faster than previously thought, according to new research by Dutch scientists.

Earth is the only rocky planet in the solar system with a significant moon. And the moon really is significant: It's roughly 1.2% the mass of Earth. That may not be big in an absolute sense ...

As telescopes gaze into space, they also peer back in time. Starlight takes years—sometimes billions—to reach Earth, letting ...

However, scientists generally think it would take less than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years for the average human to ...

As lunar missions accelerate, scientists are raising red flags about potential tidal disruptions on Earth. Emerging research suggests that frequent landings, heavy equipment, and artificial ...

This lunation comes on the heels of the sun moving into Gemini — the sign of forked tongues and shape-shifting — and on the ...

Dense cosmic objects like neutron stars and white dwarfs may decay faster than previously thought, challenging predictions.

The problem is that our Earth is too noisy ... to industrialize and inhabit the Moon, the noble goal of pursuing a better understanding of the Universe makes for a fine motivation.

Flower Mound, Texas, was named one of the best places to live in the U.S. The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the ...

On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital ...

May’s flower moon will appear full on Sunday and Monday evening, though this micromoon will look a little smaller than normal ...