Astronomy

Astronomers peer inside planetary nurseries for clues about how our solar system and others came to be

New observations of a stellar explosion have revealed a surprise that could point to the trigger behind these violent, yet mysterious, eruptions

After a journey of more than four decades, Voyager 2 has passed beyond the sun’s influence

Scientists now have a second example of a strange stellar phenomenon speculatively linked to extraterrestrial intelligence in 2015

Why we are probably the only intelligent life in the galaxy

Opportunities abound to watch the sun disappear if you live long and travel

Use the interactive map below to find the next solar spectacular in your region

New results from the gravitational wave observatory hint that black holes move in mysterious ways

Our neighborhood of planets was not created slowly, as scientists once thought, but in a speedy blur of high-energy crashes, destruction and rebuilding

Astronomers have found what may be two supermassive black holes in a quasar due to become one in roughly 21 years

Seeing Saturn through a telescope can leave a ringing in one's ears

This week offers skywatchers an opportunity to catch a rare glimpse of Mercury and to spot Jupiter at its biggest and brightest