Perihelion is when Earth is closest to the Sun, happening between January 2 and 4. In 2025, it will occur on January 4 at 8:28 am EST. The Northern He ...

Perihelion is an annual astronomical event when Earth finds itself at the closest distance possible toward the Sun. Usually it falls between the dates of January 2 and 4 as Earth is around 147 ...

There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University ...

Panorama of Nearest Galaxy Unveils Hundreds of Millions of Stars On a crisp, clear autumn night, you can see the most distant object visible to the naked eye — the stunning Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

A planet parade like the one beginning tonight is quite uncommon, occurring once every 10-20 years. Here are the planets you ...

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed the most detailed image ever of this, or any star other than the Sun ... describes the apparent lack of high ...

The moon will pass in front of the Pleiades star cluster during an occultation on Jan. 9, 2025. Here's how to see it.

Two parents and their two teen children were shot and killed in what Pennsylvania officials are saying is an apparent murder-suicide. While the investigation is still in the preliminary stages ...

This open cluster of seven bright stars (also known as the “Seven Sisters”) is close to the ecliptic — the sun’s path through ... The changing apparent size and phase of illumination ...