The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe is releasing the new memoir Just Beyond the Light. Read an exclusive excerpt and enter to ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index rose in January, driven by optimism on home prices despite declining mortgage rate expectations and rising rental prices.

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Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

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Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.