The Quadrantid meteor shower is not particularly well known, running from Dec. 26, 2024, through Jan. 16, 2025, according to ...

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...

A central finding of the research showed that surface changes in starspots on XX Trianguli do not follow sun-like magnetic ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 ...

Venus is moving toward a dramatic finale in early 2025, when it will dazzle as the "evening star" after sunset. Here's when ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of two exoplanets orbiting a nearby star known as HD 101581.

The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has ...

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe was set to become the closest spacecraft to the sun, flying within a few million miles of the solar surface.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun on4. But did it survive? We're about to find out.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than ever before. It traveled at 430,000 mph, making it the fastest ...