Look to the southeastern horizon in the hours following sunset on Nov. 29 — you'll be able to see the moon shine close to the ...

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Spectroscopy of other stars has led to most discoveries of exocomet systems. In research led by University of Colorado ...

What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

On 1925, "The Grand Ole Opry," the famed country music show, made its radio debut. It's the longest-running radio broadcast ...

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Amateur astronomers using a mid-sized telescope of around 6 inches in aperture will be able to enjoy particularly clear views ...

When Galileo pointed his telescope at Saturn and Jupiter, he had just discovered the nature of two giant planets. Later came Uranus and Neptune, two more gas giants. Since then, astronomers have ...

As Santa sits at the North Pole anticipating the discovery of life on some far-flung planet he might be somewhat nervously scanning the latest scientific literature to see which exoplanets are hot top ...

Germany is putting natural gas import terminals into operation as part of the country's efforts to replace piped Russian gas ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Cutting-edge simulations show that Enceladus’ plumes are losing 20–40% less mass than earlier estimates suggested. The new ...