When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

Names have significance, especially when they’re written in the stars. A group of astronomers is coalescing around an idea to rename two neighbors of the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic ...

Ferdinand Magellan, who murdered and enslaved indigenous people, was not an astronomer nor the clouds' discoverer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.