The universe is vast, and even within a mere 50 light-years of Earth lies a stunning variety of stars that defy imagination. This relatively small region of our cosmic neighborhood hosts over 1,400 ...

Join us on a journey to the Alpha Centauri system,the closest star system to Earth and one of the most promising locations in ...

Since Proxima Centauri b is potentially habitable, there are a lot of different sensors that scientists would like to take to it to monitor it closely.

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show.

A nova explosion has been discovered shining in the constellation Lupus. Here’s how to spot it before it fades.

Spending time as wee hackers perusing the family atlas taught us an appreciation for a good map, and [Billy Roberts], a cartographer at NREL, has served up a doozy with a map of the data center inf… ...