Their new study shows that Earth’s massive drop in temperature after the dinosaurs went extinct could have been caused by a large drop in calcium levels in the ocean. The study showed that the ...

Artemis 2 will send a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon. Here is the mission's flight path, step by step.

Russell W. Porter had a fascination with telescope-making that proved contagious: When he moved to Springfield, Vermont, in 1919, many townsfolk quickly became interested in his hobby, prompting ...

The Moon passes 4° north of Jupiter at 9 P.M. EST. The pair shares the central regions of Gemini this evening, with the Moon appearing to the upper left of Jupiter, and framed on the left by the Twins ...

NASA’s Artemis 2 crew was moved into quarantine on Friday to ensure their health and safety in the days leading up to the much-anticipated launch. For the first time in over 50 years, NASA is ...

When archaeologists peered inside Tutankhamun’s tomb for the first time in the early 1920s, they found antechambers packed to the brim with thousands of artifacts: statues, furniture, jewelry, clothes ...

For many years, planetary scientists have believed that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth’s history (OK, the time might be late to the researchers, but ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the highest surface temperatures of any normal stars, so they emit copious amounts ...

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David Eicher is one of the most widely recognized astronomy enthusiasts in the world. He has been with Astronomy magazine for 36 years, beginning as an assistant editor and working through associate, ...