Launched Tuesday night from California by SpaceX, the Spherex observatory will survey the sky every six months from an orbit over Earth's poles.

Early Friday morning, the Earth will pass between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow over the moon for several hours.

Following a checkout period lasting one month, the observatory – which measures 8.5 feet tall, 10.5 feet across, and weighs 1,107 pounds – will capture a ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

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A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

We are entering into a nice and quiet weather pattern across Mid-Michigan. Precipitation chances will remain minimal as we ...

A total lunar eclipse is set to occur in the night sky Friday morning, March 14 over the Continental U.S., including the ...

The Intuitive Machines Athena lander mission to the moon has officially been declared "dead" after landing on its side in a ...