An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.

Africa's Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse of barren sand with limited vegetation, an extreme environment for plants and animals to thrive, but life always finds a way. Indeed ...

Supermoons captivate skywatchers with their stunning brightness and size, sparking curiosity about their effects on Earth, human behaviour, and natural phenomena. A supermoon occurs when the full ...

As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct ... He covers skywatching, human spaceflight, exploration as well as space science and entertainment, and enjoys observing the moon ...

SpaceX has been putting wins on the board ever since the company—founded by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk—became the first privately funded group to put a payload in Earth orbit, in 2008.

Beginning in 1998, the Soviet Union and the United States embarked on a joint project to build a massive orbiting laboratory in low Earth orbit. With the joining of the first two modules ...

Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

Oct. 31, 2024 — The meteorological data recorded over the past two decades by sensors of the Roque de los Muchachos astronomical observatory facilities point to a ...

After delivering facts about metals and exuberantly showing off “cool rocks,” Laura Branch veered totally off the topic of ...

Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists paint a compelling picture of what happened the day the S2 meteorite crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ...