Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is the fact …
A team from the University of Arizona has made a startling new discovery about the formation of Pluto and its moon. Published in Nature Geoscience, the study presents a bold …
Jun 23, 2025 Astronomy Cast Ep. 760: What to Look For This Summer By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jun 16, 2025. It’s almost time for …
Tianwen-2 launched in late May this year to conduct an asteroid sample return mission and then head to a main-belt comet. Further confirmed missions include Tianwen-3, the world’s first Mars sample …
The European spacecraft en route to Jupiter, named JUICE, completed its only flyby of the planet Venus The post Jupiter-bound Probe Flies By Venus appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
President Donald Trump just announced that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama. In an Oval Office press conference on Tuesday (Sept. 2), Trump stated that …
The Star Manual of Master Shi is an ancient Chinese star catalog now claimed by astronomers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) to be the oldest surviving star catalog …
Jun 30, 2025 Astronomy Cast Ep. 761: It’s Here! The Vera Rubin Observatory By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live June 25, 2025. The time has come. The …
China is planning a possible mission to Enceladus. China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory and the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering have proposed an orbiter and lander mission to explore Saturn’s …
September’s night sky features the iconic Summer Triangle, almost directly overhead at nightfall, and a newcomer to the evening sky: the planet Saturn, which will rise in the east not …