The planets of our solar system aren't randomly scattered. They all orbit in a near perfect, flat disc. The reason for this ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...

NASA has announced the discovery of a peculiar celestial object named CWISE J1249, which challenges existing classifications ...

With temperatures reaching almost 2,000 degrees Celsius on its dayside, LTT 9779 is one of the few known planets in the "hot ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

In her new book “The Problem with Plastic,” a former EPA official looks at the costs of plastic overproduction and how we can ...

We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar ...

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

As the Avatar saga’s latest chapter hits cinemas, can director James Cameron replicate the mind-blowing success of its ...

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Taylor Observatory and Norton Planetarium offers cosmic educational events from the Earth and beyond for all ages.