An astrophysicist faces the universe’s darkness with help from those around her and from the stars above her.

How physicists are making a return trip from the Red Planet a possibility.

Reinhard Genzel realized his mentor Charles Townes’ dream of exploring the center of the Milky Way on his way to his own Nobel Prize.

A star like our sun could potentially support six planets with liquid water, a new study finds.

As the rover soars toward Mars, a UC Merced lab will be partially responsible for its success.

UC San Diego alumna discusses her journey from ‘STEM to Stars’ during live Q&A from International Space Station.

Magnetic storms form closer to Earth than previously thought, threatening satellites.

DESI, a 5,000-eyed instrument, is being used by UC researchers to explore the mystery of dark energy in color.

‘Lady Stardust’ was famous for teaching people they are made of it.

Astronaut Jessica Meir is at home on the International Space Station and ready for her all-female spacewalk.

Welcome to ‘extreme astrophysics’ — the most detailed study ever of a supermassive black hole and Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

Fifty years after the Apollo 11 moon walk, a vexillologist looks at the challenge of planting the flag on the moon.