For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical ...

There is an official date for the opposition of Mars, but that's not the only night to observe it. The Red Planet will actually be brighter three days earlier, when it's closer to Earth (a consequence ...

Mars’ elliptical orbit brings it closer to the Sun during certain parts of its year, causing rapid changes in the atmosphere.

"Because it's such a large supermassive black hole at the center, we'd predicted we'd see an elliptical galaxy." The spiral host galaxy, a quasar named J0742+2704, was discovered emanating a ...

It lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ... Dwarf galaxy—The smallest and most common kind of galaxy. Elliptical galaxy—A galaxy that appears round or elliptical and lacks a disk ...

That's because 2025 is not what astronomers call a "perihelic opposition," which is when Mars gets closest to Earth while near its closest point to the sun on its slightly elliptical orbit.