A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent final stages of a dying star's life.

The snapshot above showcases NGC 1514, a planetary nebula that resides roughly 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation ... is the nebula's faint, Venn-diagram-like structure — two ...

The eta Aquariids are just the first of two meteor showers that we see each year from Halley's Comet. Most comets tend to ...

Unlike Earth, the moon’s cooling crust formed a thick layer of feldspar, giving rise to the bright highlands visible today. Volcanic eruptions on the moon produced vast basaltic plains, known as ...

When our planet and the incoming sunlight align just right, stunning phenomena such as rainbows and halos can occur. More ...

This surpassed planetary boundary directly impacts seven ... The stratospheric ozone layer that protects all life on Earth from the sun’s radiation is expected to completely recover in the ...

“The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half the planet. Jupiter’s diameter is 11 times larger than Earth ...

EXCLUSIVE: RadicalMedia has been sued by a production coordinator who alleges that she experienced racial discrimination on the company’s upcoming Earth, Wind & Fire documentary. Jhanelle Elissa ...

But less than 4% of all the meteorites found on Earth are carbonaceous. So why is there such a mismatch? In a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy on April 14, 2025, my planetary ...