A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using microlensing, astronomers spotted the pair moving at over 1.2 million mph.

The erasure of safety documents because they contained keywords targeted by the administration's push to purge diversity, ...

On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...

Could our solar system have been temporarily exposed to an enhanced flux of cosmic-rays at some point in the ancient past?

Scientists have officially given a name to the largest solar structure in the known universe. Astronomers have found the ...

Astronomers have officially announced the name of the largest structure in the known universe. It was reported earlier this ...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents a special series honoring the late David Lynch by celebrating his masterpieces. Screenings in the main theater will be preceded by a restored short ...

As a bonus, the mission will take 3D pictures of a solar eclipse, from space. Learning More About the Sun's Surface The system that will make these things possible is made up of four small satellites ...

A fast-moving low-pressure system barreling into Massachusetts on Thursday is expected to bring a mess of wintry conditions, including up to 4 inches of snow, snarling traffic and forcing the ...

Without a firm lower limit on size or mass, we’re forced to say the solar system has hundreds of planets—maybe thousands. Objects need to be at least 400 km or so in size to round out via self ...

The TRAPPIST-1 solar system ... via Getty Images) “Detecting an atmosphere around any of these 7 planets,” he says, is of fundamental importance “to determine if low-mass M-dwarfs, the ...

The challenge of finding a primary care provider is so severe that the state’s largest health system, Mass General Brigham, is encouraging employees to not just visit with its own world-renowned ...