You can enjoy a night under the stars - and learn about astronomy - at a Des Plaines school next week. The free, family-friendly astronomy event is set for Tuesday at Algonquin Middle School, 767 E.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASP-69b closely orbits its sun. W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Bays Mountain Park invited outdoor enthusiasts for a night under the stars in a newly announced event offered through mid-October. The kayak stargazing program gives ...

Just 40 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST-1 system of planets is home to the largest family of Earth-like worlds known to astronomers. At least seven planets are known to orbit within the ...

SELMA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Selma will be hosting an event in September that will allow families to learn about the planets, stars and more. Selma Recreation and Community Services is partnering with ...

Detecting exoplanets used to be so difficult that scientists spotted the first black hole, detected the leftover radiation from the Big Bang and took snapshots of countless distant galaxies before ...

Fifty potential planets have been confirmed by a new machine learning algorithm developed by University of Warwick scientists. For the first time, astronomers have used a process based on machine ...

My favorite thing to do every night is to look up at the sky to see the stars and the moon. Something is awe-inspiring about thinking about one's future while peering up at the night sky. I recall ...

A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a machine-learning model that predicts potential planetary systems with Earth-like ...