The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, located on Mount Hopkins near Amado, announced that it will close to the public after Saturday, Oct. 11, if the federal ...

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet continues to grow, but as it does, it’s been bringing lots of unexpected side effects with it. According to astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell from the ...

The company’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with Starlink 10-29 mission. It happened as the launch window opened at 11:37 p.m. ET. This is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — After pushing the launch back a day, SpaceX was able to send up another Starlink mission early Tuesday morning. The Falcon 9 rocket sent up Starlink 10-59 mission ...

Astronomers have just uncovered a giant cavity in our galaxy, and it was hiding in plain sight. Sitting between the Taurus and Perseus molecular clouds, this 500-light-year-wide bubble was long ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may have captured an image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaking across the sky above the Red Planet. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught something unusual ...

From a pumpkin crawl to an astronomy science fair, here are several no-cost events and activities across Greater Boston Oct.

The Senate's report supports Space.com's findings, stating, "as early as June 2025, NASA began 'implementing immediately' ...

His address advocated for scholars of the young United States to be less “timid,” “imitative” and “tame” James Deutsch - Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project On ...

Elizabeth C. Babcock, the founding director of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C., returns ...

Back in May, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced that the Barker Cafe would become the latest casualty of budget cuts, leaving a gaping hole in the Barker Center and the hearts of English ...