Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

Scientists have uncovered the strongest solar storm ever recorded, striking Earth in 12350 BC — 500 times stronger than any ...

Water ice is a crucial building block of planetary systems. We've found plenty of it in our own Solar System, in places like ...

Researchers say crystalline water ice has been clearly found. It lies inside a dusty debris ring around a star 155 ...

The mission has a Narrow Field Imager (NFI) and three Wide Field Imagers (WFIs). The NFI snaps pictures of the corona around ...

A solar radiation storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago, showering the planet with high-energy particles and leaving a spike in radiocarbon.

Scientists have discovered evidence of an extraordinarily powerful solar storm that bombarded Earth 14,300 years ago, at the ...

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made an exciting discovery: frozen water, also known as crystalline ...

The best telescopes for kids that we recommend are not toys but usable instruments, based on how easy they are to use for younger astronomers who want to gaze at the heavens.

It isn’t easy to figure out how the Earth was built, because it happened 4½ billion years ago, and no one was there to watch. So scientists have had to look at what the Earth looks like now and at all ...

From a water misting system to a side table that doubles as a cooler, your backyard's about to be the coolest spot on the ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin skywatchers can expect a visually rich week from May 16 to 23, with deep-sky targets, ...