A new study shows that the event that wiped out the dinosaurs caused only a small drop in shark and ray species at the same ...
NASA's IR space scope explores the Milky Way’s most prolific star-forming region, cracking open new secrets of how stars form ...
Though NASA was optimistic about launching four astronauts on a trip around the moon as early as Friday, the space agency is now looking at March after complications during a key preflight test. As it ...
The Moon passes 4° north of Jupiter this evening at 9 P.M. EST. The pair is visible most of the night in the central region of Gemini. Early in the evening, the nearly Full Moon hangs to the upper ...
Their new study shows that Earth’s massive drop in temperature after the dinosaurs went extinct could have been caused by a large drop in calcium levels in the ocean. The study showed that the ...
Uranus stands stationary at midnight EST. Located in the constellation Taurus, the ice giant is visible after sunset and sets around 2 A.M. local time. Shining at magnitude 5.7, Uranus generally ...
Saturn and Neptune have been near neighbors for a while. By the last day of January, the two planets are just 1.7° apart, visible in the early-evening hours and setting before midnight. About 90 ...
If you were to take a random blob of gas and heat it to solar temperatures (roughly 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit [5,500 degrees Celsius] at the surface or over 27 million F [15 million C] in the core), ...
With 274 confirmed moons as of March of 2025, Saturn is the solar system planet with the most natural satellites. By 1789, though, only five had been spotted: Titan by Christiaan Huygens in 1655, and ...
The story of the inner early Solar System goes something like this: Billions of years ago, there were three rocky worlds with oceans of liquid water. Perhaps all three could have been primed for life.
The solar system’s two largest planets adorn the evening sky this month, while the smaller inner planets linger near the Sun and remain mostly out of sight. You’ll want to make Saturn your first ...