Scientists are relieved by the observatory’s stay of execution, but concerned that some budget cuts have gutted future ...

The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.

Neither candidate has talked much about space policy on the campaign trail, but both have records to consider.

Astronauts have voted from the space station since 1997 and have cast ballots in nearly every U.S. presidential election ...

Mars’ features are starting to become visible, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and the Trifid Nebula glows in the sky ...

Hurricane Maria triggered a sequence of events that led to the downfall of the storied radio observatory — but inspectors missed clear signals that the structure was in distress.

When the historic observatory was shuttered by the University of Chicago, a community organization helped to revitalize it.

It is no wonder that curious minds have always sought to explain both the Sun’s origins and our relationship to it — whether through the narratives of myth or modern science. Today, we understand that ...

The company is reportedly looking for buyers for its space program, which includes the Starliner vehicle and operating parts ...

The strange binary system R Aquarii spews material into the interstellar medium like a lawn sprinkler as its stars interact.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, now set to splash down this week, has racked up the most time spent in space by a crewed ...

Gliese 229 B, discovered in 1995, is a binary system of two brown dwarfs orbiting each other, in orbit around their parent red dwarf star.