The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...

Mars has never looked more like a planet built for hiding secrets. A cluster of eight vast, water-carved caves appears almost engineered to shield fragile chemistry, or even biology, from the brutal ...

The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247) is being held Jan. 4 to Jan. 8 and will feature remarkable findings in exoplanet research and discussions shaping the future of ...

Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) defied a prognosis of a few years after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 21, living for over five decades while becoming a recognized icon.