Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term habitability.

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In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

This rare quasar with spiral arms could help astronomers understand how supermassive black holes feed and grow.

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...

The lanes and clouds of dust in the star-forming Orion Nebula (M42) reveal a dark dimension to this familiar object.

After exploding, the craft sent blazing debris across the sky and forced multiple aircraft flying over and near the Caribbean ...