That's exactly what was seen in a recent image from NASA's and the European Space Agency 's (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope, as ...

Jupiter reaches opposition, making it brighter and larger than at any other time this year. A rare transit of its moon ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The sun will appear ...

In a breakthrough collaboration, two of the world’s most powerful solar observatories—one on Earth and the other in space, joined forces in October 2022 to observe the Sun from new angles and with ...

An Elkridge couple welcomed Howard County’s first baby born in 2026 on New Year’s Day, a feeling they described as “surreal.” Layla Grace Langley, the first-born daughter of Courtney and Daniel ...

PADUCAH — Baptist Health Paducah’s first baby of 2026 was born early Thursday morning, the hospital announced later that afternoon. Sutton Elizabeth Reinhardt was born at 1:55 a.m. on Jan. 1 to proud ...

Sarah and Stephen Winkler of West Friendship welcomed their first-born son at 4:19 am on New Year’s Day. Hudson Oakley Winkler is Carroll County’s first baby born this year. Weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ...

If you’ve ever had the very specific desire to rack up credits by betting on the lifespans of digitally simulated alien babies, now you can. The Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator game offers ...

This Hubble image showcases N159, a massive star-forming cloud where newborn stars blaze to life inside icy hydrogen gas. Their powerful radiation lights the cloud in red and sculpts giant bubbles ...

Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are ...

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The Sun does not like to give up its secrets. Its bright surface is easy to see, but the space just above it tells a deeper story. That glowing outer atmosphere, called the corona, can only be seen ...