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From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...

Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week, as a small asteroid – about the length of a double decker bus – enters ...

Klean provides pyrolysis & gasification systems that convert rubber tires, scrap plastics & municipal solid waste into electricity and fuels.

Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic telescope to peer deep ...

A star's close flyby billions of years ago possibly influenced the solar system's architecture, leading to unusual orbits of trans-Neptunian objects and explaining the origin of Jupiter and Saturn’s ...

Astronomers were able to capture detailed observations of massive gas bubbles moving on the surface of a star, named R.

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

Mars’s axis of rotation is tilted 25.2 degrees relative to the plane of the planet’s orbit around the sun, which helps give ... by tracking how seismic waves move through the red planet.