Planets' temperatures are largely influenced by their structural characteristics and proximity to the Sun, however, Venus ...

Scientists have just discovered four small, rocky exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star to our solar system after the Alpha Centauri system, NASA announced. Located only six ...

Scientists have discovered four new Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light-years away. Using ...

Two planets outside the solar system have been identified orbiting a star located nearly 250 light-years away from Earth in ...

April skies feature close planet pairings, a bright meteor shower, and stunning views of the ancient star cluster M3.

Barnard’s Star is notorious among astronomers for a history of false planet detections but it appears the latest discovery – ...

A month ago, an ordinary cell phone camera captured this rapidly mutating auroral display a single degree south of the Arctic Circle. Decades of celestial tour expeditions make us place the Northern ...

In February, stargazers everywhere got to see a seven-planet alignment - called a "planetary parade." It'll be a while before ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

My public work in astronomy will soon come to a close, an end dictated by advanced age, infirmity, and a failure to think of anything more to write or talk about. As I complete those efforts, my mind ...

In this segment, planetarium manager John Haley tells us more about the Southworth Planetarium and what programs they offer.