Timelapse shows 25 years of Supernova 1987A

If you were alive and interested in astronomy then, you'll remember Supernova 1987A, the 1st supernova visible in Earth's skies since 1604. The new timelapse shows its aftermath over a 25-year period, 1992 to 2017.

New study on ocean warming: 5 questions answered

A study released this past week reports that oceans absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought. The study estimates that for each of the past 25 years, oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150 times the energy humans produce as electricity annually.

Dusk for Dawn mission to asteroids

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent. The mission to explore the 2 largest bodies in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, is at an end.

Waning moon and Venus November 4 to 6

Venus has only now returned to the east before dawn. It's very low in the sky as dawn breaks. You just might be lucky enough to catch the moon and Venus before daybreak on the mornings of November 4-6, 2018.

5 weird ocean phenomena

Strange things happen in the ocean as a result of weather and currents. These 5 events are just a few of them.

Bold new plan announced to explore alien ocean worlds

Earth is not the only ocean world in the solar system. In fact, there are several. A new paper just published in Astrobiology seeks to plan out the best ways to explore these alien oceans.

Scientists now processing images of asteroid Bennu

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft - launched from Earth in September 2016 - has begun acquiring images of the mission target, primitive asteroid Bennu.

Cassiopeia to Andromeda galaxy

One half of the W of Cassiopeia is more deeply notched than the other half. This deeper V is your "arrow" in the sky, pointing to the Andromeda galaxy.

NASA to continue signaling Opportunity rover on Mars

The initial 45-day signaling period to the 14-year-old rover has ended. But NASA said this week it will continue trying to hail Opportunity. The rover has been silent since June, when a Mars dust storm swept over it.

Rare blue asteroid sometimes behaves like a comet

Astronomers caught a glimpse of Phaethon - the bizarre blue asteroid responsible for the Geminid meteor shower - and found it even more enigmatic than they’d thought.