Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...
Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...
A local astronomy group gathered Friday evening to see the “Parade of the Planets”. The Astronomy Club of Augusta gave dozens ...