The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star – the nearest solitary star to our Solar System, at just ...

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched their SPHEREx and PUNCH missions into orbit Tuesday night from Vandenberg Space Force ...

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in ...

And it helps that the missions are going to a similar place: a sun-synchronous orbit around Earth’s poles, meaning each spacecraft keeps the same orientation relative to the sun throughout the year.

Galactic Energy, a private rocket maker in Beijing, conducted a launch of its Ceres 1 rocket on Friday evening, deploying six ...

Spring begins March 20. Meteorologist Taylor Stephenson explains the science behind the equinox and how much daylight is yet ...