In 11 Questions, The A.V. Club asks interesting people 11 interesting questions—and then asks them to suggest one for our ...

A new book shows how residents of wealthier nations are jeopardizing the health and safety of other parts of the planet.

Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...

Patel is a Las Vegas resident. Feinstein has many business interests in town, including Red Mercury Entertainment and its ...

"Those pictures trigger me a lot." Seasoned traveler calls out reckless tourist behavior at popular destination: 'The ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

The vast realm probed by radio astronomers is one invisible to the naked eye, and even most kinds of telescopes. Now, thanks ...

Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets orbiting the star PDS 70. These "baby planets" are surrounded by dust rings ...

A towering figure in cinema for decades, retired actor Gene Hackman spent his final years in seclusion with his wife, living ...

Uncover the Webb Telescope's fascinating discovery of a 34-million-year-old planet-forming disk around a red star.

How does a planet’s size influence its orbit around its parent star? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy | Space ...

Planets change orbit shape around Neptune’s size. Metal-rich stars help giant planets form. Eccentric orbits suggest chaotic ...