A team of astronomers at the University of Arizona played an integral role in uncovering a baby planet with a pretty cute name: WISPIT 2b.

Simulated lunar missions, zero-gravity spins, and a surprise encounter with a real astronaut—plus how much the reputable kids program costs.

In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in the disk of material around a star, confirming predictions about how rings form.

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

I am a professor of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2020, my colleagues and I discovered the first intact planet orbiting around a white dwarf. Since then, I’ve been fascinated by ...

India just ranked No. 1 in the world at the Astronomy Olympiad in Mumbai. My dying wife made me promise not to remarry – but ...

This season’s standout books for kids and teens include new work by Sy Montgomery, Chris Grabenstein and Lakita Wilson.

Astronomer Dean Regas worked with Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired to create an accessible book about ...

If you’ve ever wanted to use a telescope to get a better look at the North Dakota prairie sky, your chance is coming this weekend in the ...

If you missed my first 10 cool things about the Sun, you can read them here. Now you’re ready for 10 more. 11. Astronomers call the Sun’s visible surface the photosphere. Its thickness ranges ...

This coffee is made especially for kids — it sneaks in nutrients and has less caffeine than a Hershey’s Kiss ...