New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

Astronomers, including Triaud, have made strides in the last few years in detecting planets in multi-star systems by ...

Originally, the hypothesis was that Theia gave the Earth a glancing blow, and the proto-Earth and Theia lost pieces ending up as one or two moons that eventually formed the Moon. It was thought that a ...

China has successfully established the world's first three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde ...

This image illustrates the three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon space. (Technology and Engineering ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...

We’ve wondered what powered the Sun for centuries. Early guesses included meteor showers, chemical combustion, and ...

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional “Star Wars” desert planet Tatooine.

The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

Its proximity to Earth – about 50 to 70 million kilometers from mid to late April – means we catch more of its light, so it ...

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