Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — yet for decades, scientists struggled to reach it. Extreme heat, intense radiation, ...

Spread the loveOn Thursday, March 19, 2026, a remarkable astronomical event will take place as Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, reaches a stationary point at 4 p.m. EDT. This phenomenon occurs ...

Spread the loveOn Thursday, March 19, 2026, stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts will have a unique opportunity to witness the planet Mercury as it reaches a stationary position at 4 P.M. EDT. This ...

Independent podcasting has a structural problem. Most networks are built for shows that are already big. The creators who ...

Stellar groupings sometimes lead to extremely dense associations, but how far can orbital distances shrink? A recent observation shows a case that contradicts everything that was ...

Mercury retrograde is back for the first, but not the last, time in 2026. The transit spans from Feb. 26 to March 20 in the ...

Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it -- a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks. The experiment ...

Humanity has shifted an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for the first time. This was achieved by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2022, but the effect has only now been ...

A tightly choreographed stellar dance is unfolding between four stars that lie 584 parsecs away from Earth 1. Astronomers know of many instances in which four or even more stars whirl around one ...

AI-generated image of what the system could look like. Image not to scale. Astronomers have just identified a rare cosmic “huddle” of stars. We’re talking three stars, each more massive and hotter ...

Q: I booked a Condor Airlines flight from Portland to Frankfurt through Orbitz for my family. Orbitz’s website explicitly listed the fare as Economy Classic, which included one free 70-pound checked ...

Planet parades are how many stargazers refer to the events when the planets form a straight line and look like they're marching across the night sky. The "planetary parade" in which six planets reach ...