Astronomers operating the Kepler spacecraft have painstakingly assembled a list of possible Earth-like planets. Do they have the right to keep them secret a few months longer?

GRBs are short-lived because “the event that produces them is catastrophic,” Martin-Carillo, an astronomer at University ...

What do astronomers have to say about the Moon landing conspiracy theories? – Prisha M., age 14, Mumbai, India Back in 1969 – more than a half-century ago – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil ...

Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different kinds of life on other planets? – Henry, age 13, Somerville ...

What do astronomers have to say about the Moon landing conspiracy theories? – Prisha M., age 14, Mumbai, India ...

What do astronomers have to say about the Moon landing conspiracy theories? – Prisha M., age 14, Mumbai, India ...

What do astronomers have to say about the Moon landing conspiracy theories? – Prisha M., age 14, Mumbai, India ...

Most astronomers would say dark matter is the simplest and best explanation for many of the phenomena we see in the universe. While there are potential issues for simplest dark matter models, such as ...

Why do astronomers believe there’s dark matter when it cannot be directly detected? Let’s look at the evidence, and see what dark matter’s presence means for our universe.

There are pods of whales and gaggles of geese. Now astronomers are wondering which plural term would best suit the most enigmatic entity in the cosmos. By Dennis Overbye What do you call a black ...