Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

The first episode of ITU’s Space Connect examined the fundamentals of LEO satellite constellations, revealing key trends and ...

NASA is set to launch its latest mission, Pandora, in 2025 to study the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. With the James ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

Scientists work to define a “habitable zone,” which means that if it’s too close to a star, the water heats and evaporates, and too far, it freezes. Also, the atmospheric conditions need to be just ...

In the sky, Gaia BH3 is located about 2,000 light years away in the constellation Aquila and appears to be a passive black ...

AN alien world “suffers star-grazing torture” every 111 days as its fiery sun boils the planet to a hellish 1,093C. This ...

New insights into the extreme conditions behind "disintegrating planets" reveals how they are consumed by the heat of their ...