A rendering shows a white dwarf, similar to the sun. (Illustration/Mark Garlick, University College London) Astronomers said Monday they have found hints of a two-star planetary system that closely resembles Tatooine, the Star Wars home of Luke Skywalker. Like the fictional Tatooine, rocky debris is orbiting two stars — a white and a brown dwarf — in a system called SDSS 1557 , according to a statement by the University College London. The study, published Monday in the March edition...

The satellite image above shows China's Longyangxia Dam Solar Park on Jan. 5, 2017. The solar farm holds 4 million panels and has an 850-megawatt capacity, which is enough to power roughly 140,000 U.S. homes. (NASA Earth Observatory ) At a Glance Satellite images from NASA show the sprawling growth of Longyangxia Dam Solar Park, the largest solar farm in the world.The solar farm holds 4 million panels and has an 850-megawatt capacity. In China’s Qinghai Province, 4 million solar...

Video shows several dust devils moving across the surface of Mars. ...

NASA plans to launch a special spacecraft in 2018 that will get relatively close to the sun and answer some key questions about it. ...

A “ring of fire” replaced the sun over cities in South America and parts of Africa Sunday morning as the Annular Solar Eclipse played out in the skies. The moon passed in front of the sun, leaving a narrow ring of light in the dark sky. The eclipse began "at the southern tip of South America, first making landfall in Chile and passing through Argentina, before traveling ," according to online astronomy service Slooh. (MORE:) in Argentina to see the...

The animation above was assembled from three images acquired by NASA on Feb. 26, 2017. In that view, both the Earth and the lunar shadow move during the annular solar eclipse. (NASA) At a Glance NASA satellites captured images of the annular solar eclipse.The phenomenon cast lunar shadows onto portions of our planet. On Feb. 26, a "ring of fire" replaced the sun over cities in South America and parts of Africa as an annular solar eclipse played out in...

A satellite captures three images of the recent partial annular solar eclipse. ...

At a Glance America's first total solar eclipse in four decades will cross the country on Aug. 21.Oregon will be one of the best states for observing the eclipse. Where is the best place to see the 2017 eclipse? This is the most frequently asked question about the Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017. There are many ways to answer this question but the essential point is that there are many excellent places to view the eclipse across the...

At a Glance NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured photos of Saturn's moon, Pan.Everyone seems to be chiming in on what the oddly-shaped moon resembles. There's no doubt about it — there are some mysteries out there that seem to defy all that we know and believe. A recent shows one of Saturn's many moons and it doesn't look anything like our moon, that's for sure. In fact, theworld has weighed in and some say the tiny moon Pan, which has a...

From startling similarities to absurd discoveries, astronomers are finding many Earth-like exoplanets in deep space. ...

Incredible video from NASA of gorgeous green aurora, perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. ...

Though physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking is famous for his studies of space, he has yet to journey into the cosmos to see them up-close. Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has stepped in to change that, offering the researcher a seat on his spaceship. Hawking, 75, , Yahoo reports. "I thought no one would take me, but Richard Branson has offered me a seat on Virgin Galactic and I said yes immediately," said Hawking. (MORE: ) Virgin Galactic –...