A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system have focused exclusively on their position in ...

There’s magic in the air this holiday season and there’s also magic in the  December Pottsville night skies. These long ...

Discover the 'Swift Planet' and why Mercury is the fastest world in our solar system, with an incredible speed and a short 88 ...

There’s magic in the air this holiday season, and there’s also magic in the December Butler night skies. These long nights ...

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Skywatchers across the Northern Hemisphere are in for a captivating celestial show this weekend, with the Moon appearing ...

Recent telescope data revealed that Mercury is constantly releasing particles into space, forming a faint tail that stretches millions of miles behind it. The phenomenon is caused by solar radiation ...

The night sky will show a rare alignment of planets in the night sky, with Venus and Mercury visible the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Earlier this year, a team of astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus that is minuscule, with a diameter of about 10km.

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on exoplanets.

Earth could be staring at a catastrophe waiting to happen because 39 asteroids roaming near us can possibly hit us at any ...

Taejas Venkataraman explores what the discovery of white dwarf pollution can teach us about scientific investigation ...