Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .

How planets revolve does not facilitate as taught in school classrooms; it focuses on a point that is constantly moving.

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A groundbreaking study published in Communications Earth & Environment has called into question the long-standing assumptions ...

A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known for powerful flaring, and since they're dim and their habitable zones are ...

When HIP 67522 b was discovered, it was the youngest known planet orbiting its star in under 10 days. Astronomers were using ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. July 2025 might be considered a "slack month" so far as planet viewing is concerned. In the ...