The spiral galaxy NGC 6946 in Cygnus has seen 10 supernovae in the past century, earning it the nickname the Fireworks Galaxy ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

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A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

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Less than two weeks later, on June 25, reports began to circulate of a second nova blossoming in the southern night sky, this ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

According to a fairly new theory, white dwarfs can explode twice in a row in certain circumstances. For the first time, we ...

Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. Wednesday, July 2 ...

Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come ...