Astronomy

When our sun expands into a giant red star, it might not devour its third planet, after all.

It’s not absurd to think the universe might endure forever.

Striking images of the planet, its volcanic moon Io and its trippy atmosphere.

Projects to map the universe are getting weird.

What the first evidence of a spinning supermassive black hole means.

Exploring outer and inner space with Lindy Elkins-Tanton.

Jupiter’s ice-capped moon has a storehouse of carbon dioxide in its subsurface ocean.

A strange discovery from flying close to the sun.

How a composer is working with NASA scientists to shift our thinking about obsolescence.

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.