Astronomy
Sky Spectacles to Watch in 2024
Here’s a calendar of cosmic events to keep your eyes on in the coming year
Latest Space And Physics Stories
Astrophysics
The Language of Astronomy Is Needlessly Violent and Inaccurate
Astronomy is beautiful and elegant. The language we use to describe its processes is anything but
Astrophysics
Stars Don’t Slow Down with Age like Astronomers Thought
Middle-aged stars hit cruise control, stifling their magnetic fields and resisting the slowdown that scientists expected
Astronomy
The Science of 2024’s Epic Solar Eclipse, the Last for a Generation
Unique studies of gravity waves, atmospheric holes and dazzling coronal displays will accompany April’s total solar eclipse across the U.S., Mexico and Canada
Astrophysics
Alien World Denser Than Steel Confounds Our Understanding of Planet Formation
A newly spotted world is just perplexingly dense
Cosmology
How Analyzing Cosmic Nothing Might Explain Everything
Huge empty areas of the universe called voids could help solve the greatest mysteries in the cosmos
Cosmology
Vitamin D Hope and Hype, Cosmic Voids and Preventing Depression
Alaska’s rusting rivers, einstein tiles and the new science of asexuality
Astrophysics
JWST Spots Baby Sun Spitting Up Supersonic Flows
A newly released image from the James Webb Space Telescope provides a detailed view of a star’s infancy
Space Exploration
India’s Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational ‘Island’
Aditya-L1 will join more than four active spacecraft at the first Lagrange point, a nearly stable region in the gravitational field between Earth and the sun
Astronomy
Behold—the Best Space Images of 2023
This year’s most interesting space images include infrared views of galactic “bones,” an asteroid’s double moon, Jupiter’s giant polar vortex, and more
