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The year will kick off with a six-planet parade in January that will be visible for weeks. Eclipses and supermoons also are on tap.

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Dec. 18, 2024 — Until now, scientists have been unable to determine how metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar, works. A study provided direct evidence in mice that it ...

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

Nov. 20, 2024 — Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say, is ...

As we approach 2025, one thing should be made clear: This next year includes a cluster of bi-yearly and rare transits that ...

The best time to witness the celestial event will be just after sunset starting Jan. 10. A meteor shower will also be visible ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured amazing new imagery of Uranus along with its rings and moons. The footage shows the moons Titania, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel and Puck. Credit; Space.com | ...

The Quadrantids’ radiant lies in the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis, a region of the sky occupied by Boötes. It’s ...

And it all starts tonight. The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight (Jan. 2) and on Jan. 3, according to NASA. The ...

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was ...