NASA would have to close the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and cancel the mission that will bring back samples of ...

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I n a world first, Chinese scientists have been able to find a satellite using an infrared laser during the daytime. The ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out the evening of May 5 to see Mars close to the ...

NASA has detected a strange, unidentified object orbiting the Sun, sparking intrigue and speculation across the scientific community. While theories range from space debris to a new celestial body, ...

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Up to 50 'shooting stars' per hour will streak through the night sky when the Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks just before ...

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked eye sometime in the coming months. When it happens, the nova will ...