But in 2006, Pluto was in the headlines again, as the Paris-based International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined “planet” in a such a way that it was excluded from the official canon.

For no explainable practical reason, humans are enamored with – and even empathetic toward – specific inanimate objects. Our first car. A choice coffee mug. And for a particular subset of the ...

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Moons may seem like quiet companions to the planets, but many of them are worlds every bit as fascinating as the planets themselves. Some are covered in oceans, some erupt with lava, and others hide ...

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An astronomy professor explains what exoplanets are, why he keeps looking for them and how Israel intercepts missiles “in ...

Rocky planet found beyond two gas planets challenges current planet formation theories Discovery made using ESA's Cheops telescope around red dwarf star LHS 1903, 117 light-years away Planets orbit ...

Word Search Puzzle: Can you find the word “STEM” hiding in plain sight in this letter grid? Attempt now and find out! Finding a hidden word in the letter grid is a challenge that many of us still ...

From high-quality protein to omega-3s and antioxidants, algae emerge as a promising but carefully qualified solution for future nutrition and sustainability challenges. Spirulina sp. blue-green algae ...

Amid a new wave of interest in the possibility of life on other worlds, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and NASA are embarking on a new effort to identify planets with the basic compounds for ...

Policy makers and community leaders need state-of-the-art tools to anticipate crises arising from our rapidly evolving climate. An answer to this challenge is coming from a marriage of IBM’s latest AI ...

Morgan Underwood receives funding from NASA-funded CLEVER Planets (Cycles of Life-Essential Volatile Elements in Rocky Planets) research project. When astronomers search for planets that could host ...