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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, ...

The Kosmos 482 probe, launched in 1972, was intended to land on Venus as part of the USSR's Venera program. However, a rocket ...

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

A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.

Mars will skirt the edge of M44, also known as the Beehive Cluster. Mars will pass within a mere 37 arcminutes of this star cluster. Look to the South at 9:00pm. A simple pair of binoculars will ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

New research challenges the meteorite hypothesis, suggesting Earth's water may be native, originating from the solar nebula rather than asteroidal impacts.

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

Mars starts May not far from the Beehive star cluster, Venus is unmistakable in the predawn sky, and Mercury looks best early ...

Earth has only one natural satellite, the moon, which is relatively large compared to its parent planet. It orbits Earth at ...