October 11, 2024 • Even in our modern world with planes and jets and drones, the vast majority of goods are moved around the planet in cargo ships. Which means our ports are the backbone of our ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting the closest solo star to Earth. The solo star, which is known as Barnard’s star, is a red dwarf which is around 80% smaller than our sun and sits ...

Here, we present a schedule below which provides some of the best planet viewing times as well as directing you as to where to look to see them. Be sure to check out our best telescopes for ...

"We have detected a sub-Earth planet with a mass about half of the mass of Venus, or about three masses of Mars, in an orbit of 3.15 days—so the year in this planet lasts for about only 3 days ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store for Earth billions of years from now ...

The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of years in the future, when the sun has turned ...

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

However, this would only be Earth's future if our planet manages to survive the sun's eventual transformation into a swollen red giant. This transformation is expected to happen around 5 billion ...

Mosquitoes that carry diseases can move from the tropics into what used to be temperate climates as the planet warms, and may infect more people in the months that are normally disease free.