Because the known Venus co-orbitals have strong eccentricity, they can move farther away from Venus and closer to Earth, thus becoming easier to see in our sky at twilight, when the Sun is below the ...

In 2022, a small group of researchers came up with a bright idea: What if we were to install a network of lamps above ...

October's longer nights bring two transits of Titan across Saturn, while Io and Europa tango together across Jupiter three ...

Northern lights, or auroras, are not exclusive to Earth. Astronomers have already detected this phenomenon on most planets ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the ...

Some classes of stars create light elements, such as oxygen and silicon; others also craft heavier ones, such as iron and ...

Since we all have a relationship with the Sun, it is important to learn about how it impacts our lives. NASA’s Heliophysics ...

It’s especially puzzling since Venus is a terrestrial world much like Earth, so much so that it’s considered to be our planet ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, ...

October 2025 promises an exciting month for skywatchers as multiple celestial events unfold across the globe. From bright moons to meteor showers and distant galaxies, the night sky offers a ...

A possible threat to life on Earth has been identified by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil: asteroids that share Venus's orbit but which currently can't be detected. These ...