A team of scientists led by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), and Leipzig University has developed a new method to ...

The potential for exploring interstellar objects has captivated scientists for years, with a new mission plan aimed at intercepting the famous comet 3I/ATLAS. This risky but groundbreaking approach, ...

On Saturday, go outside about an hour after sunset, look to the western sky and spot Mercury, Venus and Saturn close to the horizon.

Learn why total solar eclipses occur irregularly at different locations on Earth, with intervals spanning centuries, based on NASA and Space.com data.

We examine why the Earth's constant spin goes completely unnoticed by the people living on it. We think about it and then forget.

Dr. Emmanuel Nwankwo, the study’s lead author, described the pattern this way: “Nature functions like a self-repairing engine, constantly swapping out old parts for new ones. But we found that this ...

Why do some places wait 1,000 years to see a total solar eclipse while others get two in a decade? The surprising orbital ...

Solar eclipses happen when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on our planet. Depending on distance ...

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that spacecraft’s velocity could receive a huge boost — enough to allow it to catch up with ...

You know how it is to spend time staring out at the sea or up at the blue sky and wonder why we can not simply pass through ...

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The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical "eye of the storm" swirling around supermassive black holes.