Microscopic animals such as tardigrades are known to weather extreme conditions and adapt to a wide variety of environments. Could tiny Earthlings like these be following us into space? Image: Philippe Garcelon
Explore the fascinating field of study dedicated to making sure Martians don’t get chickenpox.
We provide tips for sheltering-in-place based on mental health studies of astronauts in space.
Plumes of water vapor erupting from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus show that key ingredients for life on Earth, such as liquid water and heat, might not be as rare as we once thought. (Photographed by NASA’s Cassini probe.)
I can’t tell you whether or not there are aliens. What I can tell you is why it’s so hard to find out.
This Hubble image of LHA 120-N150 captures one small part of the largest known stellar nursery that lies relatively nearby (merely 160,000 light years or so away in the Large Magellanic Cloud).
With no NightLife tonight, our director shares a few of his favorite astronomy news stories from the past month.
What is gravity? Is it a force or is it something else? And what did Newton “discover”?
Dr. Kimberly Ennico Smith has a unique job at NASA. She either destroys things or works to reveal the unseen.
As we celebrate the birthday of the Morrison Planetarium, we take you on its historical tour...
Jackie Faherty using OpenSpace software to present an early release of GAIA data with an audience in New York’s Hayden Planetarium.
How can planetarium domes evolve? By supporting cutting-edge astronomy research.
Another opinion on planetariums: Maybe they're all a compromise...
A rebuttal to last week's opinion that digital planetariums are superior...
