Mercury begins a rapid plunge toward the setting sun. By early July, Mercury is lost in the glare of the sunset. By late July, Mars begins to sink into the ...

Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade.” Even if I was the guy with the broom, I’d ...

A piece of Mars delivered from space is soon going to the auction circuit, and is supposedly going to demand a hefty price.

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

This device measures brain activity using near-infrared light. The goal is to see if astronauts can use their brain signals ...

An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian astronomer after research revealed she was the first woman at the ...

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

Astronomers are reporting the detection of a large object entering our solar system, and it is causing quite the stir in the ...