The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter’s four largest moons line up next to the “King of the Planets” as it voyages through the stars of the constellation Gemini.
Stargazers in the U.S. will see Jupiter rise…

The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter’s four largest moons line up next to the “King of the Planets” as it voyages through the stars of the constellation Gemini.
Stargazers in the U.S. will see Jupiter rise…

One way scientists study planets is by looking at the minerals on their surfaces. They can tell us a lot about how worlds form.
Scientists have been looking at unusual layers of iron sulfates on Mars, and these layers may represent a whole new…

NASA has revealed the most detailed images yet taken of comet 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor that is currently barreling its way through our solar system.
The images, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have enabled astronomers to more…
If you were hoping to see some fireballs in the sky this summer, this might be the best time and place to do it.
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the biggest and best meteor showers on the calendar, is back and ready to put on a show. While the…

States in quantum superposition are notoriously fragile, but researchers in China have reported creating such a state that lasted for a whopping 23 minutes and 20 seconds. While this record-breaking result is exciting in itself, the team believes…

The evening before Fuchs and I had lunch, he had given the first official physics talk of the conference, a lightning review of QBism and a report on some conjectures in number theory that QBist thinking had helped him…

The moment Wren Yoder arrived home with her new kitten, Puddles, something about the kitten seemed off. The shelter hadn’t mentioned anything wrong with Puddles, but Yoder noticed her affectionate kitten never reacted to loud noises or tracked…

A recent coronal mass ejection is expected to disrupt Earth’s magnetic field once again Friday night, potentially bringing the northern lights to more than a dozen states in the northern U.S., according to the National Oceanic and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks soon.
This year, a bright moon will dampen viewing at the time of peak early Wednesday morning, so some experts recommend…