A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth. Venus will align with the sun ...

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path of totality moving west ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

Roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, a gigantic disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young star and giving rise to ...

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history ...

A black hole has shredded a massive star like it was "preparing a snack for lunch," according to a team of scientists at the ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

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The black hole appears far too massive for its host galaxy, placing it in a rare category of “overmassive” black holes.