This splash of paint on the canvas of space is the planetary nebula NGC 6072, the dying embers of a ruined star that has reached the end of its sun-like life. Cocooned inside the nebula, within its ...

Its path through space will take it between the orbits of Earth and Mars before it heads back out toward interstellar space ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

The Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory has captured stunning views of the sun using its new coronal adaptive ...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.

Scientists have been chasing the dream of fusion energy for decades, now, China is on the cusp of figuring it out, so how ...

Explore the causes of Earth's seasons in this 1979 film. Learn how the Earth's axis tilt and orbit around the sun create seasonal changes, equinoxes, and solstices.

A scene from the hill bomb on Church Street on July 6, 2024.

For centuries, we’ve been fascinated by the Sun, the fiery heart of our Solar System. But what does the Sun truly look like?

Sunspots, those mysterious dark patches on the Sun’s surface, have been observed by astronomers for thousands of years. Yet, ...

At the core of the galaxy, about 26,000 light-years away in space, is Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole about 4 ...

The wholly reimagined Williamstown Theatre Festival is impressive on many levels, but audience enjoyment isn’t high on the list.