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About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and ...

Astronomers are hustling to use interplanetary spacecraft to study the interstellar comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS while the sun is hiding it from Earth ...

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

The Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church in Norfolk had solar panels installed in 2020, an upgrade that’s saved the church an estimated 25-30% on energy bills. The savings, which equate to about $75 a ...

Researchers have directly observed torsional Alfvén waves twisting through the Sun’s corona — magnetic waves first predicted ...

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in solar physics by providing the first direct evidence of small-scale torsional ...