NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will uncover how the Sun stripped Mars of its atmosphere. Mars is a very different world ...

With beautiful weather in the forecast this month, it’s the perfect time to explore the night sky at Western Nevada College’s Jack C. Davis Observatory. Join us for our free […] ...

Discover the science behind the potential impact of Andromeda on Earth. This video explores the likelihood of a collision, the size of the Andromeda galaxy, and the timeline of its approach to our ...

Astronomers have collected evidence of a violent collision between two planets in a distant star system. The first clues of this cataclysmic event came when a rather boring star began behaving very ...

When Michael Crichton penned the 1971 alien-invasion classic 'The Andromeda Strain,' he couldn't have predicted just how ...

If you’ve spent your entire life looking at the night sky from a city or suburb, you’ve basically been watching the universe ...

This month, a rare six-planet "alignment" will be visible to stargazers. Soon after sunset on Saturday, February 28, a planetary alignment, also known as a "planet parade," will brighten up our night ...

Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red dwarf star LHS 1903, scientists expected to find rocky ...

Forget the chocolates and the roses—this February, the universe is putting on a celestial light show designed to sweep you (And probably your boo, too!) off your feet. As the month of romance unfolds, ...

Astronomers have found a planetary system that seems to have formed inside-out. While most systems, like our own, have rocky planets closest to their star and gaseous ones further out, the LHS 1903 ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, shown here with two of its satellite or companion galaxies, is one of few objects in the night sky visible with the unaided eye that's outside our own Milky Way Galaxy. And I do ...