In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...
A single photograph taken from orbit has managed to make a rare visual connection between the mundane life on Earth and the ...
A newly discovered exoplanet has to take the crown for the weirdest world we've ever spotted out there in the Milky Way ...
The Milky Way is not the neat, flat pinwheel many of us learned about in school. Fresh data from precision star maps now show ...
Space is always inspiring and 2025 was no exception, with finding Betelgeuse’s buddy, debuting a prolific survey telescope ...
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS defies comet norms with steady mass loss and precise dust jets, racing towards Jupiter.
This year NASA unveiled new discoveries beyond our solar system, the count has surpassed 6,000, with several thousands more ...
Here are the seven most beautiful Stars pictures, revealing the universe's beauty through Hubble's lens., Technology & ...
Across the Milky Way and beyond, planetary systems appear to fall into a few recurring blueprints, and recent exoplanet ...
In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA consultant.
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Is the sun really a dwarf star?

Technically, the sun is a G-type main-sequence star — specifically, a G2V star. The "V" indicates that it is a dwarf, Tony ...
But now, they're planning to build telescopes on the far side of the Moon. These instruments will probe one of the last unexplored windows on the Universe. Here, astronomers hope to get a glimpse of ...