Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., wants nothing to do with the microscopic dust particles clinging to your clothing. So before you enter the room, you first must stand in a chamber ...

Leader, columnist Orville Moe, writer of “In a science-minded world, a reason to thank God,” says: “… thank God for all his gifts to us on this small and insignificant planet ...

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

Elon Musk recently said he is “not chomping at the bit to acquire TikTok.” Musk made those remarks during an interview at the ...

The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...

The University of Connecticut’s planetarium on North Eagleville Road gave students the opportunity to see the stars on Feb. 4. from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in their first weekly event of the spring ...

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...