The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and provide continuous monitoring of space weather ...
New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a wispy atmosphere or being ejected into ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet ...
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the remains of a frozen, Pluto-like world being devoured by a distant white dwarf star.
Could the chemical debris of a shattered world hold clues to life elsewhere in the universe? Astronomers studying the white dwarf WD 1647+375 have discovered the biggest quantity of nitrogen ever seen ...
More than 50 times further from the Sun than Earth, the tiny dwarf planet Makemake is one of the last places you'd expect to find an intact gaseous atmosphere. Not only is it incredibly cold, being ...
The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory ...
IMAP carries ten advanced science instruments and will travel for about 108 days to reach its designated position at Lagrange Point 1 (L1), nearly one million miles from Earth in the direction of the ...
The cosmos has once again presented us with a mystery. Astronomers have recently tracked an unidentified object moving past Pluto, the dwarf planet at the edge of our solar system. This discovery has ...
Oct. 6: The full harvest supermoon is at 11:47 p.m. Eastern Time and rises at sunset in the East. This is the first full supermoon of 2025 and the largest and brightest full moon of 2025. Should be a ...
Chagrin History Center invites you to meet some friendly spirits 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday or Sunday, Oct. 18-19 during its eighth annual SPIRITS ALIVE! guided tour at Evergreen Hill Cemetery.