As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study 25 hot Jupiters. It has helped to answer "questions important to our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres," according to the Hubble team. Credit: ...
This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.
As someone who lives near the city, light pollution limits what I see when I look up at night. However, that doesn't mean I ...
The Moon will pass into Earth's shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning of March 14, depending on ...
'Planet parade' isn't a technical term in astronomy but it is one widely used to describe the alignments of planets. The current four which are visible to the naked eye are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and ...
September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern predawn sky. West of the planet, the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor, the little dog, rises at almost the same time as ...
The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation. Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas giants ranging from ...
Anthony is back in the saddle to look at the best camping spots in Texas, sharing secrets to soak up all the nature of the ...
From Hollywood's golden age to the contemporary era, movie musicals have been a mainstay. Although the number produced has ...
A newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth ...