By studying the chemical composition of an odd, dying star, astronomers discovered that it had been feasting on what used to ...

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...

Astheweekunfolds,thecosmosinvitesustoreflectandsetfreshintentions,beginningwiththeNewMooninVirgoonSunday… ...

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf ...

Webb uncovers methane on Makemake, showing the icy dwarf planet is more active than once thought - just like Pluto.

Astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using ...

On the side of the Sun facing Earth, a giant coronal hole appeared in the shape of an enormous love heart, many times the ...

That night, I was originally planning to browse through some old NASA photos for inspiration, but I stumbled upon a forum ...

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

The methane emission is explained by solar-excited fluorescence. Sunlight interacts with methane molecules, causing them to ...