Articles by

Lisa Grossman

A cosmic ‘Platypus’ might link two astronomical mysteries

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — A bright blip in a distant galaxy may link two mysterious categories of...

Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunted Milky Way planet formation

The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting...

A crumbling exoplanet spills its guts

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — For the first time, astronomers have taken a direct look at an exoplanet’s...

Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a kiss

Pluto and Charon’s meet-cute may have started with a kiss. New computer simulations of the dwarf planet...

50 years ago, astronomers saw the surface of a distant star for the first time

Surface features of a distant star — Science News, December 21, 1974 & December...

What will space exploration look like under Trump?

The future of U.S. space exploration and NASA-funded science is up in the air as President-elect Donald...

Space missions spanned the solar system in 2024

From monitoring Mercury to launching a new adventure to an icy moon of Jupiter, spacecraft and astronauts...

Astronomers detect the first astrosphere around a sunlike star

BOSTON — For the first time, astronomers have detected an astrosphere around a star like the sun....