Astronomy
The Cosmic Collision That Formed Saturn’s Rings
Computer simulations offer new insights into the oddities of the ringed planet’s moons
Hubble Captures the Egg Nebula in Stunning Detail
New images from the Hubble Space Telescope show a nebula in transition
The Many Myths of the Blood Moon
What people throughout the world and across time have made of lunar eclipses
Did We Just See a Black Hole Explode?
An “impossible” neutrino detected by an underwater telescope could be the key
The Farm Boy Who Found Pluto
Despite its demotion from planet status, the tiny but mighty world still captivates scientists
Grad Student Homebrews Cosmic Dust in the Lab
“It’s like we have recreated a little bit of the universe in a bottle in our lab”
Ann Druyan on How NASA’s Golden Records Got Made
A comic about humanity’s love letter to interstellar space
Why Astronauts Quarantine Before—But Not After—Space Missions
Post-flight isolation ended decades ago when scientists no longer feared moon-derived diseases
Revisiting the Last Crewed Moon Mission on the Eve of the Next
Soon, astronauts might fly farther from Earth than ever before
I Track Space Debris As It Crashes to Earth
A planetary scientist explains how we can stalk this smoking wreckage
Space Dust Could Contain Building Blocks of Life
Protein precursors can form in cosmic dust clouds
