A space reconnaissance mission has returned unprecedented imagery of a metal hunk zooming around Earth. The discarded three-ton rocket, a robust piece of space junk some 36 feet (11 meters) long, is ...
Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months.
Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...
Astronomy is the study of stars, planets and the vast space beyond Earth. Every so often, scientists spot an event so unusual that it challenges what we think we know about the universe. Among ...
Astronomy has reached a historic milestone with the first direct observation of a pair of black holes orbiting each other. This landmark discovery finally provides tangible visual evidence of the ...
Astronomers are testing a quieter way of searching for moons beyond the solar system, using careful measurements of motion ...
Kosmos 482 is 3.2 feet across and could make impact at about 150 mph, per one expert Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...
Far beyond the bright planets, in the dim outskirts of the Solar System, astronomers keep stumbling on objects that refuse to follow the rules. Around Neptune in particular, a handful of newly charted ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A telescope image of 32 planet-forming discs around young stars. New research hints that some ...