In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

Four planets in the solar system are about to appear in alignment in the night sky. Here's how stargazers will be able to see ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

Spring’s cosmic rewind is over! Mercury, the planet of communication, was retrograde between March 15 and April 7.

Each of these planets, the researchers wrote in the March 11 study, is about four times the size of Mercury, or about 20% the mass of Earth. ‘It’s a really exciting find,’ study lead author ...

Mercury in retrograde, from March 14 to April 7, 2025, disrupts communication and decision-making. Starting in Aries, transitioning to Pisces, it prompts personal reflection, addressing unresolved ...

This spring, Mercury goes retrograde from March 14 to April 7, 2025, creating a cosmic rewind that happens three to four times a year. This spring, Mercury goes retrograde from March 14 to April 7 ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." Scientists have used data from NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope ...

But the Health and Human Services secretary has remained silent as the Trump administration prepares to roll back protections against mercury poisoning, despite Kennedy’s own history of ...

A combination of the world's most powerful telescopes detected the planets. Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from ...