A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

Solar eclipses have fascinated observers for thousands of years. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle pointed to the round ...

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like our solar system, or by rapidly collapsing from a young star's cooling disk into massive objects. Knowing which model is more common can give scientists clues to distinguish between the types ...

Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the moon? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...

According to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, a fast, energetic flow of solar particles is about to sweep past Earth.

Amazon's Project Kuiper was expected to send its first batch of satellites to space, a big step in its mission to launch satellite internet and compete with SpaceX’s Starlink service.

As global temperatures rise, scientists debate the pros and cons of solar geoengineering, a strategy to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight into space.

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

Giant planets can take shape in two ways: by slowly building solid cores that attract gas, like our solar system, or by rapidly collapsing from a young star's cooling disk into massive objects.