Among the planets in our solar system, Jupiter is the eldest and largest, and it often appears as the second brightest in the night sky after Venus. Scientists have long
Riley Black Science Correspondent About 1,000 light-years away, a vast disk of gas and dust is offering astronomers a peek at how planets are born. What you think it looks
The Milky Way spreads across the night sky above the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Credit: Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / H. Stockebrand The casual observer may
Could different backyard birds, such as a robin and a bluebird, produce viable offspring? Marilyn Foehrenbach Wirtz Could different backyard birds, such as a robin and a bluebird, produce viable
Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation A camera was rolling as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin climbed down from the Eagle lunar lander, becoming the first two humans to
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin deploys a device to detect moonquakes during the first moonwalk. Neil Armstrong via NASA About 1 hour and 40 minutes after Neil Armstrong first stepped