Astronomy

Our writers have read a universe of books on space and astronomy. Here are their favorites.

The connection between our massive star and the tiniest microplankton

The first private mission to the morning star will sample for traces of biological activity in the planet’s clouds

Should we grant legal rights to extraterrestrial lifeforms before we find them?

From threats of solar storms to cosmic radiation, new efforts to warn Earthlings are launching

Making sense of a new era of time-domain astronomy from the Rubin Observatory

This “Phantom Galaxy” is riddled with holes that may be the handiwork of violent stars

A radar system is set to map near-Earth objects as they fly by

An astronaut-turned-aquanaut made history on a long-distance call with friends

From molten glass rain to oceans of lava, an intergalactic tour of the most terrifying and beautiful climates out there

The dwarf planet might have had a hot core and liquid oceans

Airbursts from space may be more common than we thought