Mars might be our next home, but Venus was our first obsession. In the 20th century, astronomers dreamed of oceans and jungles on Venus - until the Soviet Venera probes proved otherwise. Extreme heat, ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

Our editors break down what makes a ‘good’ tennis movie by dissecting some of the sport’s cult classics through the lens of a fan.

A Month of Bright Planets - some highlights in February 2025 - Venus blazes its brightest in the early evening Mars and ...

Greetings, stargazers. There have been many clear, dark nights recently. I hesitate to say this, but right now I think a little more light might be good for the region. But the only extra light ...

A reader writes in, defending the service let rule. Plus, a Saudi update, Madison Keys’s Hall of Fame case and Jannik ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

Maria Sharapova starred in a new social media campaign advocating for motherhood in women's sports. In a new Daily Dose of Social Media, we take a look at Carlos Alcaraz’s celebration after his ...

SPADEX has been a significant achievement by ISRO and is a major step forward for future robotic and crewed missions.

When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) new Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) ...