If you’re going stargazing, there are a handful of things you should bring with you or keep in mind. It doesn’t matter if you’re just using your eyes, binoculars, or a telescope, they always hold.

Building out fiber optic network over thousands of miles to provide internet to millions of people is a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive task. What if you could cut out the physical connections entirely and only use wireless? That is exactly what Starlink aims to do.

Scientists have identified a planet that has a turbulent relationship with its parent star: it is being disintegrated, and leaving a spectacular trail of dusty debris in its wake. Within a few million years, the planet will be completely destroyed.

If you've ever dreamed of leaving your mark on science, look no further: NASA has a citizen-science program that will let you contribute. Regardless of whether you want to study landslides, comets, or the most distant galaxies in the universe, all you need is a smartphone or PC and a bit of time.

With all the technological marvels we have today, it is tempting to think that we have all the answers. However, the reality of the situation is far different: many of the fundamental questions about the nature of the universe are still unanswered. Here are the things that keep cosmologists up at night.

If you've looked at astronaut photos and wondered why they are wearing sunglasses in some, there are some very good reasons for it. While sunglasses are not always needed, including when astronauts don a spacesuit, space shades are far from a fashion accessory.

Do you remember the first moment you felt connected to the stars? Were you a stargazer, like me, when you were young, or someone who developed an affinity for the cosmos through academia? Well, here are seven everyday moments that sparked my fascination with space and made me an astrophile!

As Earth passes through the debris of Halley’s Comet, the sky lights up with shooting stars for more than a month. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is an extended cosmic spectacle, and it’s calling on you to bear witness to nature's celestial fireworks.

I've been fascinated by eclipses ever since reading the classic Tintin comic Prisoners of the Sun. In the story, Tintin escapes death by convincing his captors that he can command the Sun, ordering it to disappear at the exact time that a solar eclipse is about to happen.

Most people know that black holes are kind of scary. Admittedly, that's true, but black holes are so much more than that. They are truly fascinating wonders, from how they form, their many types, and even how they die. Every aspect of black holes is mind-boggling if you know the truth about them.

Space is loaded with strange things—black holes, pulsars, gigantic clouds of alcohol, and more weird planets than you could count. Even our own solar system has some oddballs—like Neptune.

It's easy to take our Moon for granted, especially when we're in our homes at night, away from its light. Even when we're outdoors, it's always there above us, waxing and waning in the sky. Familiarity can make us assume that there's nothing that special about our Moon.

The deepest point below sea level that humans have been on our planet is 35,853 feet into the Challenger Deep, part of the Mariana Trench. As deep as that sounds, it's less than 0.2% of the average distance of 3,959 miles from the surface to the center of the Earth.