On this month’s episode of The Sky Above, host Leah Pezzetti discusses upcoming astronomical events and also the race to space.

October is a star-studded month with two meteor showers, winter constellations and a good chance to see a trio of green comets.

The process of planet formation has long been a mystery to astronomers, and despite years of theoretical research, capturing the birth of a planet has proven elusive. However, a new breakthrough has ...

Scientists have discovered fresh signs that Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, could potentially house alien life deep within its subterranean seas, per a groundbreaking new study in the journal Nature ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a peculiar “float rock” on Mars, named “St. Pauls Bay,” resembling a cluster of spider eggs. Found on Witch Hazel Hill at the rim of Jezero Crater, its unusual ...

NASA's Perseverance rover may have uncovered hints of ancient Martian life, but China's Tianwen 3 mission could be the first to deliver samples back to Earth.

A paper from NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon should be deflected or blown up.

Since 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has explored Jezero Crater, a site chosen because it once hosted a lake and river delta. Its mission is to collect rock and soil samples that might reveal traces ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the planet actually emits more energy than it receives from the Sun. This subtle ...

Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals. The presence of iron-phosphate and iron-sulfide nodules suggests processes ...

A new British study swirled new evidence on the moon's frigid space temperatures, suggesting its different sides hold vastly conflicting degrees.