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To catch the Geminids peak, look to the eastern sky all evening on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. The meteors will appear near the ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...

To catch the Geminids peak, look to the eastern sky all evening on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. The meteors will appear near the bright planet Jupiter. With the darkest possible skies, you could see up to 120 ...

A first ever detection of a coronal mass ejection from a small red dwarf could have big consequences for life on any nearby ...

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Planet Labs [PL] on Thursday said it has received its first award under the Luno B contract, a $12.8 million order to provide data analytics for maritime domain awareness. The National ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...