Astronomy

Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show next week, parading across the sun in view of most of the world.The solar system's smallest, innermost planet…

The billionaire wants to deploy thousands of satellites in order to provide global Internet, but astronomers say they could create unsightly glare.

The 60 or so members of the Jasons are normal academics by day. But each summer, they come together to study tough problems for the military, intelligence agencies and other parts of the government.

From Texas Standard: Humans create a lot of trash. It's everywhere, from the oceans to the sides of Texas highways to our own backyards. But planet...

NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on the red planet in January 2004 for what was billed as a 90-day mission. The plucky robot was still going until a dust storm on Mars last summer killed it.

From Texas Standard: Not all darkness is created equal. In a place like Big Bend, the night sky reaches depths not present closer to a big city. That's...

From Texas Standard: Between SpaceX moving its rocket manufacturing to Texas from California, and the so-called super blood wolf moon, you may have...

A total lunar eclipse that coincided with a supermoon made the moon appear gigantic and red in the January night sky.

As America prepares for the eclipse on Aug. 21, here are some basic facts about the phenomenon.

You'd think that after hundreds of years of watching total solar eclipses, scientists would know all they'd need to about that particular phenomenon. You'd be wrong.

Some of the planets could be home to liquid water, but it remains unclear whether life could exist on such strange worlds.

Even if you don’t need to stay up late Monday night to finish taxes, you might want to. Starting after midnight there will be what’s called a “blood…