Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term habitability.

This week’s Green Sense Minute features Astronomer Laura Trouille, vice president of science engagement at the Adler Planetarium, who discusses a new program that promotes climate action.

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Jan. 21, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet ...

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary destruction: apparently ...

The WNYC science program “Radiolab” partnered with the International Astronomical Union to solicit nearly 3,000 submissions. The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out. Charon is ...

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It seems like January is hosting many celestial phenomena. The talk continues about the planetary ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, January 30 at 11 a.m. for a virtual talk by Cecilia Garraffo, Ph.D. Abstract: The next wave of astronomical data is set to ...

Rethinking the Underlying Trigger of Quasar Jets Building on the groundbreaking 2020 discovery of newborn jets in several ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...