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We don't have to worry about the death of the sun any time soon, but when it does happen, will the Earth be able to survive?

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Penn State researchers propose that Earth and life have evolved together in a way that is more typical of life-supporting ...

A supercluster is usually composed of hundreds or even thousands of clusters of galaxies, and these clusters are ...

For this reason black holes are invisible to the eye, as lightless as the empty, dark space surrounding them. Scientists know they exist not because they can see an actual hole, b ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star - one of our closest ...