He chased eclipses for five decades, wrote several books about them and worked with NASA to make data accessible to ...

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The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

Eighty years ago, presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush delivered to President Harry S. Truman a remarkable report entitled “ Science-The Endless Frontier .” In this report, Bush described the ...

NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory will capture more information about our universe than all optical telescopes throughout history ...

For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to ...

Our solar system is made up of the sun and all the amazing objects that travel around it. Learn more about the planets, asteroids, and comets in our solar system. 3:55 ...

The ‘small wonders’ unlocking secrets of the solar system. Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic home.

It's composed of leftovers from the making of our solar system, which were scattered in every direction by the planets after they formed. That means many of the icy bodies in the Oort Cloud don't ...

A planetary system described as abnormal, chaotic, and strange by researchers has come into clearer view with NASA's James ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.