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Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the rocky planet during its evening apparition in the post-sunset sky. Astronomers

In his new book ’52 Assignments: Night Photography’, award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury invites you to raise your lens and embark on a journey through the night sky to capture everything

The Hubble Space Telescope searches the universe to understand how planets, stars, and galaxies form. Recently, it captured this image of a nebula known as GN 04.32.8 within a larger

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent apart and potentially marking the birth of a new ocean. At

One of the most advanced satellites for tracking harmful greenhouse gas emissions has died in space. MethaneSAT, built and operated by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), was launched in

The discovery by the Mars rovers of carbonate in sedimentary rock on the Red Planet has enabled planetary scientists to rewind the clock and tell the tale of how Mars’

Some planets take the expression “you’re your own worst enemy” to the extreme. At least, that’s what astronomers found when they recently discovered a doomed planet clinging to its parent

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts announced his run for a seat in the U.S. Senate on June 23. Since then, his campaign has been working hard spreading his message and

Dust devils on Mars could be crackling with electric currents, according to a new study — and scientists are a little concerned about this because a buildup of such charge

SpaceX conducted its 500th Falcon 9 rocket launch early this morning (July 2) and broke its own reuse record in the process. The milestone mission lifted off with 27 Starlink