The Arecibo Message as it appears when its 1,679 bits are properly aligned on a grid (left), an annotated illustration ...

Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will take a new approach in its quest to find water-rich exoplanets. It will analyze ...

You can watch the full moon rise live from Italy, in a free livestream courtesy of astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, complex observatory that studies the universe in infrared light, which is ...

With the final supermoon of the year and the peak of one of the most famous meteor shower displays, this weekend will be ...

Fifty years ago, the famed Arecibo message was fired into space to make contact with intelligent extraterrestrials. Now is ...

This Friday night will be clear, so I highly encourage you to go out and look to the east as the moon rises. It will have ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

Children’s books usually show a moon rising at night, but the moon rises in the sky at night only half of the time. The rest ...

The rise of the final “supermoon” of the year is the sky-watching highlight this incoming week. It will turn “full” on ...