Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

Around the time of your romantic dinner, head outside and look to the southwest to spot the super brilliant planet in the night sky ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

In a cosmic coincidence, Venus — the planet named for the Roman goddess of love — will be at its brightest and best on ...

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 ...

Researchers at Nanjing University have proven that low-cost spectrometers can measure when plants emit red light, which indicates their health.

European renewable-energy company Photon Energy has successfully secured 1 200 ha of land for a 250 MW concentrated solar PV plant with 150 ... as the distribution system operator, Photon Energy ...

NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our ...

WASHINGTON - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to ...

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.