We were drawn to this story not just because of the eclipse,” says New York City-based co-director Mia Weinberger, “but ...

Scientists say they have found a mysterious 'tiny world' in our solar system. Apparently, the Subaru Telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii has uncovered there's a new 380-kilometer world ...

Answer 17: A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in space. A meteor is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid ...

Despite being the brightest and largest thing around, the Sun still holds quite a few mysteries for scientists. One of those includes its “heartbeat”, periodic signals released by our Solar System’s ...

We’ve never known why sunspots can last on our star’s surface for as long as they do, but we finally cracked the case.

An EPA ruling says Colorado can't require coal plant closures by a certain date, and some utilities may take advantage.

It is inevitable that America will eventually follow the rest of the world and that in 40 or so years, it will run mainly on ...

A gravitational wave has revealed the biggest black-hole merger ever recorded—so massive and extreme, it defies current astrophysical models. The clash formed a 225-solar-mass monster, possibly made ...

Following a March 21 hearing on Staten Island, arbitrator Joseph J. Maltese ruled against ATTYX LLC, and its affiliated ...

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

Eden Prairie's Fire Station #1 now features a rooftop solar array as part of Minnesota’s Solar on Public Buildings program.