Astrophysics

Solar System

When north goes south: Is Earth’s magnetic field flipping?

Exotic Objects

Snapshot: Dusty light veers from a black hole’s throat

Cosmology, Milky Way

Dust to dust

Astronomy for beginners

Unusual records

Solar System

Carolyn S. Shoemaker returns to the stars

Solar System

Earth’s inner core is growing lopsided

Solar System, The Moon

Did the Moon once have a long-lived magnetic field? New research resolves the mystery.

Stars

Astronomers confirm there’s a third type of supernova explosion

Cosmology

Could misbehaving muons upend the known laws of physics?

Cosmology, Science

Astronomy enters a new age thanks to multi-messenger signals

Stars

Breakthrough Starshot: A voyage to the stars within our lifetimes

Milky Way

A galactic archaeologist digs into the Milky Way’s history