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The historic Lowell Observatory announced this week that it will drastically reduce internally funded research and shrink its ...

Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define solar objects.

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on exoplanets.

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The obvious way to fire someone into the Sun is the direct approach, as shown in South Park Season 1. Point a rocket at the ...

In a remarkable fusion of entertainment and intellectual inquiry, the legendary William Shatner, famed for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in "Star Trek," has joined forces with esteemed astrophysicist ...

Tossing a bad guy into the Sun sounds simple enough, but orbital mechanics make it a far trickier task than you'd expect.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian apparently thinks the 1969 moon landing was fake. If Feedback comes up with an equally outlandish conspiracy theory, maybe we can also get a guided tour of NASA ...