1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (411+ words) The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that's also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas…...

6+ day, 40+ min ago  (932+ words) As a child, Enrique Bordallo would gaze in awe at the starry night sky in rural Spain. Next month's solar eclipse has now made his passion a popular obsession. "We're absolutely buzzing," Bordallo, president of the Burgos Astronomy Association, told…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (481+ words) One of the ancient world's most important oracle sanctuaries is welcoming visitors after sunset as the Temple of Apollo on Türkiye's Aegean coast extends its opening hours under a nighttime museum initiative. Illuminated after dark, the roughly 2,500-year-old temple in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (303+ words) The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its cosmic survey, meant to capture swathes of the sky in more depth and detail. Perched…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago  (710+ words) An interstellar comet that swept through the inner Solar System last year may be nearly three times older than the Sun and its planets, astronomers said Monday, making it one of the oldest known objects ever observed passing through humanity's…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (483+ words) The Earth may not be engulfed by the expanding fireball of the dying sun, which has long been assumed to be our home planet's ultimate fate, according to scientists. Don't worry: This is not expected to happen for another 5 billion…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (417+ words) This is the sun's time to shine: June 21 is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. June 21 is the solstice, marking the start of astronomical summer north of the equator. It’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (506+ words) Taking a fresh look at data involving a ​specific type of stellar explosion, a team of researchers says it has confirmed the long-accepted notion that the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate – the very observation that led to the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (268+ words) After five decades of trying, astronomers have finally discovered the wind emanating from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, though it turns out it ⁠is more of a gentle breeze than a hurricane. Black…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (253+ words) After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. "The team really did experience the loss of…...