White dwarfs are the compact remnants of stars that have stopped nuclear burning, a fate that will eventually befall our sun.

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The comets can be seen from the Northern Hemisphere as their orbits take them through our cosmic backyard. Two such ...

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“It will be an honor to chair the largest space event on Earth,” Bruno said, noting that last year’s World Space Week had ...

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The planets of our solar system all orbit the Sun within a few degrees of a flat plane extending out from our star’s equator — its equatorial plane. That makes sense. Our solar system began as a ...

WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer K2 Space announced plans to launch a three-spacecraft mission in 2027 on a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with each satellite deploying to a different orbital ...

For a quarter of a century, humans have continuously occupied the International Space Station. Here's a look at how far we've ...