Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to ...

The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and ...

Astronomers have observed a white dwarf, a highly compact stellar ember, that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

Astronomers have discovered 2017 OF21, a distant dwarf planet candidate located about 90 times farther from the Sun than Earth, making it more than twice as far as Pluto. With a highly elongated orbit ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission ...

IMAP carries ten advanced science instruments and will travel for about 108 days to reach its designated position at Lagrange ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

A new study suggests that the closest intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations may lie 33,000 light-years from Earth, ...