Astronomy

A new finding boosts Panspermia, the theory that life on Earth originated in deep space.

Astronomers are learning to decode the meanings hidden in stellar songs.

This exoplanet’s sun should have obliterated its atmosphere. It's still going strong.

Lunar soil is rich with clues about our origin and future home in space. Scientists can’t wait to get their hands dirty.

Why colonists on the Red Planet are bound to become a new species.

A new theory shows Earth’s water was more locally sourced than ever thought before.

This map of Mars provides an in-depth look at its expansive geography and topography.

We’re lucky that a relatively recent catastrophe created the gas-giant spectacle.

One question for Julie Castillo-Rogez, a planetary geophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

What future missions to Saturn's moon Titan will reveal about the universe.

And how the family business first took me there.

There once was a cosmic seed that sprouted the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have discovered its last surviving remnants.