After a close Venus flyby, Parker Solar Probe is readying for a landmark approach to the sun, gathering critical solar data.

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...

The Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a final swing past Venus on November 6, which will nudge it into ... While that ...

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history as the ...

"We are basically almost landing on a star." On Wednesday (Nov. 6), NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On Nov. 9, 2024, the world will mark Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday – but sadly without Sagan, who died in 1996 at the age of 62. What most people don’t know about Sagan, and what has ...

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An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.

After making a minor adjustment to a telescope focused on Saturn, Quincy High School junior Conall Wolfmeyer offers some advice to a classmate.

Malan is astronomy writer and presentation editor for the Enid News & Eagle. Email him at [email protected]. Have a question about this story? Do you see something we missed? Do you have a story ...

Notably, unlike Earth and other planets, Venus rotates in the opposite direction of its orbit. So, on Venus, the Sun sets in the east and rises in the west. Thanks For Reading!