The very calcium that makes up our teeth and bones originated from the final moments of dying stars. It's true; we are made of stardust. (Gives a whole new meaning to David Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust!)...

Today's weather on Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, is predicted to be unpleasant: Mushballs with a side of shallow lightning. In a paper published last week in the journal Nature, and...

Astronomers believe they have discovered a new, bizarre type of cosmic object that is invisible to all wavelengths of light except radio. The strange circular objects in question have been unofficially...

Astronomers were already concerned about SpaceX's plan to put 25,000 satellites in orbit. And as of July 30, there's yet another reason for astronomers to believe that ground-based observational astronomy...

A peer-reviewed paper that found a correlation between solar activity and earthquakes is sending tremors through the scientific community. Salon reached out to scientists to inquire after the research...