AP photographer Dmitri Lovetsky had been trying to photograph a plane flying across the disk of the sun for several days.

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The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images We've rounded up the best telescopes for kids, focusing on scopes that are ...

Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic telescope to peer deep into space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Using a powerful combination of the Subaru Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered ...

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"It's a discovery that underlines things may be different from what they appear to us at first glance." Astronomers using the ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

PASADENA, Calif.–Our home solar system may be down by a planet with the recent demotion of Pluto, but the number of giant planets discovered in orbit around other stars continues to grow steadily. Now ...

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...