Astronomy

This computer simulation recreates the entire evolution of the cosmos from the Big Bang to the present day.

The basic ingredients for life seem to be scattered in the most unlikely places in the universe, but how exactly are they formed?

The stars are covered in helium-burning ash and can be identified as the remnants of a helium-core white dwarf.

Walking on the Martian surface is an amazing experience. Not only because of the drop in gravity but also because of the panorama around us: if it weren't for the color of the atmosphere and the space suit, we would think we were in the Moroccan anti-Atlas

NASA has shared the first of the images taken by the telescope that has made and will make history.

It is Proxima d. It barely has a quarter of the mass of the Earth; it is one of the lightest exoplanets ever detected.

A star can be shining for billions of years, where does it get the necessary energy? The answer lies in nuclear fusion.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has made it possible to view this dramatic scene 44 light-years away from Earth.