April’s pink “micromoon” will appear smaller than other full moons this year as it nears its farthest point from Earth in its ...

A significant increase in helium-3 (³He) particles was recently recorded by the Solar Orbiter, a joint mission by NASA and the European Space Agency. The detection marked a 200,000-fold rise in the ...

At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been discovered. But what ...

One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

This isotope is found at a ratio of about one per 2,500 helium-4 ions, the latter being the common version of helium.

In a star’s core, fusion takes terrific temperature and pressure that is provided by the crushing gravity of the star’s overlying mass. For a star to be relatively stable, the outward force of the ...

Four planets in the solar system are about to appear in alignment in the night sky. Here's how stargazers will be able to see ...

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine ...

The weather was dishing up as much competition as the opposing teams for last week’s Trent Goscha Memorial Baseball ...

Intuitive Machines may have crashed its latest moon lander on the lunar surface, but that's not keeping the company down for ...

Tikal, the main archaeological site of Guatemala, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the jungle department of Petén, ...