A nne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, is will soon be working with NASA ...

Astronomers have discovered that our solar system traveled through a dense, star-forming region near Orion about 14 million ...

Meteor showers are caused by Earth passing through streams of dust, rocks, metal, and ice, resulting in brilliant displays of ...

A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

There are 8 planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Naptune. The solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a cloud of interstellar gas and dust.

NASA is expected to launch the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH ...

The full moon is covered during a total eclipse and blushes coppery red because of stray bits of sunlight filtering through ...

IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 weird and wonderful worlds across 4,300 planetary systems have been ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased ...

This year marks the fourth time a delegation of volunteers from Wood Mackenzie will travel to Puerto Rico to address critical energy needs in vulnerable communities. The delegation will spend one week ...

Mercury, the first planet from the sun, is about to stand out among the stars this week. But this brightness is not expected ...