Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs ...

It was a wild week for the Phoenix Suns. Winning three of four this past week, the crowning moment, not just of their week but maybe their season happened less than 24 hours ago, when they beat the ...

Most stars in the cosmos are small, cool red dwarfs, yet the only intelligent life we know orbits a relatively rare yellow dwarf under a blue sky. That mismatch is at the heart of the “red sky paradox ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

In Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker burned alive on the shores of a roiling lava planet called Mustafar, fueling his tumultuous transition into Darth Vader. Now, astronomers have found an atmosphere on a ...

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TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James ...

The Del-Otse-Nango Kennel Club donated oxygen mask kits to some local fire departments throughout the past two months to provide care to people’s pets in emergency situations. The mask kits were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Have you seen the “Christmas Star?” Step outside after dark ...

The location at 14 Dietz St. will house the library’s children section, catered largely to children up to age 12. At about 1,400 square feet, it will be almost double the size of the former children’s ...