NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a star that wreaked violence on its planet ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s ...

While Feadship or Gates has never outright confirmed he commissioned the superyacht — also dubbed Project 821 — it has been widely reported that it belongs to the 13th richest person ...

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“There is a received idea that the planet or the planetary is somehow opposed to the local, and this actually doesn't make any sense once you start to investigate what the planet is, and where ...

The recent and much-ballyhooed "planetary parade" was an interesting ... He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, Sky & Telescope and other publications. Joe is an 8-time Emmy ...

It’s that time of year again, when a comprehensive list of the happiest countries on the planet are announced – and the crown has been awarded to the same country for not the sixth ...

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