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A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth. Venus will align with the sun ...

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If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured infant planets colliding around Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the night ...

While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing ...

January for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Quadrantid meteor shower, as Greg Redfern highlights in January’s ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

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Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...

The Boeing 747-400 was the definitive, best-selling variant of Boeing's iconic double-decker, jumbo jet. On the other hand, ...

For skywatchers, 2026 kicks off with a great chance to view Jupiter at its biggest and brightest, according to NASA’s latest ...