Astronomy

A new image of our solar system’s most volcanic body.

Retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott on her revelations from orbit.

What astronomers see in the light bouncing across the universe.

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.