Zoom/ Artist’s impression of an Earth-like planet in a nearby star system. We now know that our closest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, is It hosts at least two planets. But we’re not sure if there are … [+2445 chars]
Eugene Parker, University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is remembered for seminal contributions to the understanding of our sun and solar system Credit: Photo by John Zich/… [+9683 chars]
Astronomers have detected at least three small stars masquerading as exoplanets, new research shows. The three, possibly four, stars were originally discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope . A… [+4364 chars]
THE Northern Lights are renowned as one of the most spectacular natural phenomenons on Earth. But how is the sky magically lit up by the spectrum of colours? Here is what we know. The Northern Ligh… [+4077 chars]
A team of astronomers have reported the first observations of a debris cloud from a collision between two large asteroid-sized bodies. The team used data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to determ… [+1684 chars]
If you were born after 1972, you’ve never seen something that was for a brief time in the late 1960s and early 1970s a relatively frequent event: a crewed lunar landing. Apollo 17 was the last such m… [+1195 chars]
