As a ball of ultra-hot gas, how does the sun rotate? This complex form of rotation drives some fascinating phenomena. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Imagine you’re a farmer searching for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much larger than anything a chicken could lay. The smaller star, called an M ...

The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously understood about the formation of planets and their solar systems. The discovery of a planet ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

The Connecticut Sun announced Friday the formation of “Change Can’t Wait,” a social reform platform to fight racism and inequality experienced by black communities across Connecticut and New England. ...

The discovery of a hidden primordial black hole, which formed just 750 million years after the Big Bang, suggests that it may be the 'tip of the iceberg' of the cosmic monsters hiding in the early ...

This video is an artistic representation of a newly discovered system, LHS 3154, which contains a planet far more massive for its sun than current models would predict. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The ...

Suvrath Mahadevan receives external funding from NSF, NASA, and the Heising-Simons Foundation, as well as research funding and support from Penn State. Guðmundur Kári Stefánsson receives funding from ...