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Where is God? Michelle Thaller lays out a cosmic view of religion, science, and the human condition.

Venus: Hot, toxic, hellish… home?

The unmanned lander will help scientists learn more about the interior of Mars and the development of rocky planets.

The CEO once said a self-sustaining Mars colony won’t work if it’s wildly expensive for each person to make the voyage.

The year was fraught to say the least. Riots in the streets, engagement abroad in a long-fought war, and an encroaching sense that the fabric that knits us together is […]

An astronaut had to overcome hearing loss to get to fly to space.

The famous astrophysicist argues why Elon Musk is more important than Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.

Here’s the science of black holes, from supermassive monsters to ones the size of ping-pong balls.

The greatest space program spinoff? Human collaboration.

Ryan O’Neal’s latest addition to his Astronomy series is a tribute to the dying spacecraft.

Our friendly neighborhood gas giant serves as a cosmic catcher’s mitt.

We may not find Klingons, but what we do find will blow our terrestrial minds.

It’s an asteroid, it’s a comet, it’s actually a spacecraft?

It’s exotic, incredibly cold stuff.

Follow along as the InSight spacecraft crosses millions of miles to the red planet.

Chances are we have neighbors somewhere in the Milky Way.

Around Halloween in 2015, astronomers discovered ‘The Goblin’. Now, it’s leading us to what some call Planet X.

Future or extraterrestrial civilizations could create megastructures the size of a solar system.

NASA research finds a new direction in searching for signs of life in the Universe.

Is The Goblin’s orbit a breadcrumb leading us to Planet X?

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Trump’s Space Force is “not a crazy idea”.

Credit: NASA NASA this week unveiled its new plan that many are calling “bold” and other lofty adjectives, with a 10-to-20-year span, each phase of which is somewhat dependent on […]

No particle we know of can explain what’s going on.

Also known as the “Halloween Comet,” a 2,000-foot-wide asteroid is expected to pass Earth on November 11.

Flat Earth theory has enjoyed staying power since at least the 19th century despite being patently untrue. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the late Carl Sagan, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and other big thinkers will show you how to disprove this bad idea, all without having to take a journey into space.

Break out your prospecting gear and space suit.

NASA scientists have discovered three factors that influence Earth’s rotational wobble. Thankfully, while the Earth may wobble, it won’t fall down.

The contestants would try to reach the end of the world, as they understand it.

Through computationally intensive computer simulations, researchers have discovered that “nuclear pasta,” found in the crusts of neutron stars, is the strongest material in the universe.