The four presenters will have 10 minutes apiece to compete by using the planetarium visuals, explaining a part of the universe to the audience.

The Richard F Caris Mirror Lab in Tucson is actually attached to the UA football stadium, with some parts being below seats ...

The Rubin Observatory is located on Cerro Pachón in the Andes Mountains in Chile.

Using NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), astronomers have discovered three ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

PLATO needs all the solar power it can get to find little, Earth-sized planets. Europe's next planet-hunting spacecraft just spread its "wings" in preparation for launch. PLATO's twin solar panels, ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion reveal NASA’s discovery of seven new Earth-like planets in our galaxy. This finding expands ...

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search for potential signs of life. The discovery of a potential “super-Earth” loca ...

When stars like the Sun run out of hydrogen in their cores, fusion slows and the outer layers balloon outward. The star can ...

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Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have taken the closest-ever look at the dusty regions where planets form, offering new insight into the earliest stages of ...