Astronomy

Lord Martin Rees tells us about black holes and existential risks.

An astrophysicist looks into the future and the distance.

A new model—“The Big Splat”—explains the strange asymmetry of the moon.

“Astronomy is almost nothing but the story of light.”

Scientists are blocking out the light of distant suns to look for life.

One astronomer has taken to U.S. National Parks to rekindle an old romance.

How three groups are competing to make the first extremely large telescope.

Illuminating the birth of the stars.

Peculiar shapes were the key to realizing that galaxies merge.

The unlikely heroes that made starlight possible.