NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to the agency’s website on January 16. The affected groups have historically ...

Astronomers have observed a Sun-like star dim dramatically for nearly nine months after being obscured by a vast cloud of gas and dust. A huge cloud filled with vaporized metals has been spotted ...

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A Sun-type star situated nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth has provided astronomers with a unique opportunity to observe an ...

Indian-origin astrophysicist Shri Kulkarni has received the Royal Astronomical Society's Gold Medal, its highest honour, for revolutionizing time-domain astronomy. His groundbreaking work, from ...

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth’s history could have delivered ...

Saturn’s exuberant moon, Enceladus, will receive a pair of visitors in the near future. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing a combined orbiter and lander to visit the icy satellite. Still in ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in ...

Henry C. Wu, Scientific Officer, GERICS, discusses the role of evidence and science-based solutions for global climate ...

WHAT A BETTER WAY TO BLAST OFF INTO ALL THE COOL EVENTS HAPPENING OUT AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER THAN WITH AN EXPLOSIVE EXPERIMENT? YEAH. WESH 2’S MARQUISE MEDA BRINGS US THE SCIENCE OF IT. WHAT’S ...

Remembered as a pioneering atmospheric scientist who bridged planetary science, climate policy, and undergraduate education, ...