Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this perfectly circular Einstein ring has allowed researchers ...

Scientists have taken a bold step toward understanding dark matter, the invisible force shaping the cosmos. Using atomic ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...

Especially since all seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible ... “By the time the sky is completely dark, Mercury and Saturn will have sunk below the horizon ...

Construction of a giant celestial solar farm is underway in China, with a scale comparable to creating a "Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth". The solar farm, which would be launched into ...

That simple observation had larger implications for categorizing these cryptic wanderers. New data suggest that some dark comets hang out in the outer solar system and others live closer in. The ones ...

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There was no electricity in James’ part of Arusha, a region in northern Tanzania, and so his family was forced to burn expensive oil for him to learn after dark. Today, James is 33, and many ...

Innocent James started making solar backpacks when he realized that children in his reading clubs could not read after dark. - UNDP Tanzania/KumiMedia But for all his hard work, there was a ...