Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University researchers now have evidence of the surprisingly simple process that could ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...

If executed at the scale, Musk's orbital data center plan could have devastating effects on the environment and the ...

Opinion: If we force orbital data centers to comply with a patchwork of national data laws, the friction will cripple the ...

Cultural, spiritual, and most environmental impacts aren’t taken into account when launching thousands of satellites.

DS1, collapsed into a black hole without exploding, revealing how stars die in silent “failed supernova” events.

Since it turned on, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of mysterious red blobs in space. The so-called Little ...

Captured in December 2025, the newly released photo (it came out on Feb. 11) reveals how construction is progressing on the ELT's 80-meter-tall (260-foot) protective dome, which will one day host a 39 ...

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

A dazzling new Hubble image peels back the layers of the mysterious Egg Nebula, a rare and fleeting phase in a Sun-like star’s death just 1,000 light-years away. Hidden inside a dense cocoon of dust, ...

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.