Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...
"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
A powerful X1.1-class solar flare was released by the sun on March 28, resulting in radio blackouts across North and South ...
A NASA mission, IMAP, will investigate and map the sun's particles and energy across the entire heliosphere, using a ...
After sunset on April 2, look for the crescent moon and Jupiter in the western sky. The duo will appear within a palm’s width ...
Astronomy on MSN20h
How we study our planet
We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
MORE than 1,000 people have been killed after a massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake ripped through Myanmar – with frantic rescue ...
Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...
For centuries, humans have wondered if planets exist around other stars and dreamed of ... nor were they orbiting a star like the sun, but they were confirmed to exist. It was the first evidence ...