Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Upon discovery, astronomers were surprised to discover that the comet was already quite bright, shining at a magnitude of 10.

In a star’s core, fusion takes terrific temperature and pressure that is provided by the crushing gravity of the star’s overlying mass. For a star to be relatively stable, the outward force of the ...

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s multi-billion dollar attempt to build a global satellite internet network that could rival ...

One of the great things about astronomy is that it’s always full of surprises, especially when it comes to comets — you just ...

Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...

In photos: SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit The International Astronomical Union (IAU) expressed concerns in a statement released in June 2019. "Satellite constellations can pose a ...

The teenager is capped up to Under-21 level with England, but he turned out for the Under-19s during the current international break.

A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through the Earth's atmosphere, and landing in the Pacific Ocean somewhere between ...

Sixty years ago, the international community made a historic commitment to ... racism in all its forms and to address its structural dimension, both within our Union and across the world. On this day, ...

CHICAGO - While meteorological spring began on March 1, the start of astronomical spring depends on Earth’s position relative to the sun. This year, spring officially begins on March 20 at 4:01 ...

The first day of spring represents the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, an astronomical event that occurs when the sun aligns with the Earth's equator. On the contrary, in the Southern ...