Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

I’ve just read Siger’s opusculum on the eternity of the world. It is hospitable to the notion that human beings have existed from father to son in an eternal chain. He even considers the ...

While that federal ban has been in place for decades, John Barentine of Dark Sky Consulting, a member of AAS’s Committee for the Protection of Astronomy and the Space Environment (COMPASSE ...

Venus can be viewed through binoculars during the planetary alignment A planetary alignment, one of the greatest planetary displays in years, will shortly take place. Also known as a planet parade ...

A planetary alignment, one of the greatest planetary displays in years, will shortly take place. Also known as a planet parade, six planets will line up in a row across the night sky from about 21 ...

But is it one of the best stargazing and astronomy sights of 2025? Here’s the truth about the so-called “planet parade” and when you can see it as its best all this month and during February.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun. Supernovas in the early universe ...