Laurance R. Doyle

Bees rely on celestial navigation using the Sun's location when communicating with other bees.

This is a short addition to the four-part series on Quantum Astronomy previously written for SPACE.com.

Thousands of new exoplanets may need a new naming system.

Sponges may have been key to the rise of intelligent life on Earth and in space.

Like the venerable SETI@home, PlanetQuest will enable users to discover real planets around other stars using four different detection techniques.

We had heard of an ancient astronomy site in this region made up of basalt pillars that were magnetic, so needed to be remeasured using something other than compasses.

Did you ever wonder how newly discovered moons and new features on planets are named? A brief history.