It may be hard to imagine that the dark night sky is a profound astronomical observation. Yet the darkness of the night sky, also known as Olbers Paradox, is one of astronomy’s great puzzles. Four ...

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched more than 30 years ago and have sent us back a wealth of new insight regarding planets and other bodies in our solar system. Among these are the discovery of new ...

American Museum of Natural History Astronomer Dr. Jackie Faherty joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

A Red-Giant that Eats Worlds: Artist’s impression of a red supergiant engulfing a Jupiter-like planet as it expands Despite all of the universe’s beauty and magnificence, it can be a grim and ...

We know space is teeming with mystery. Adding intrigue, astronomers recently found an ancient solar system that's far different from our cosmic home. Some 90 light-years away, the researchers spotted ...

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are explosive events resulting from the interaction between solar plasma and magnetic fields, causing a release of radiation and material. While CMEs are energetic, their ...

Ground and space-based telescopes have confirmed a microlensing event caused by a rogue planet wandering silently through the ...

When Cosmos 1, the first solar sail spacecraft, launches on June 21, 2005, it will carry into Earth orbit a CD containing the names of over 75,000 members of The Planetary Society and the Japan ...