Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

Have you ever wondered why the sea is salty while rivers are fresh? In this video, we explore the fascinating science behind the different types of water found on Earth, and even touch on how other ...

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A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

The solar system’s largest planet return to the sky on Wednesday, July 9, beginning Jupiter’s slow rise to prominence.

Other citizen science groups contributed as well, including the TESS Follow-up Observing Program Sub Group 1 (TFOP SG1) and ...

Other citizen science groups contributed as well, including the TESS Follow-up Observing Program Sub Group 1 (TFOP SG1) and ...

The solar wind pushes some of the gas and dust away from the comet, forming those beautiful tails we see. A comet actually ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

At the time of this writing, June 23, Jupiter was about half a degree left of the afternoon Sun and due to pass behind it ...

This summer, skywatchers will be treated to a rare spectacle visible from Earth: the shadow of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, ...