When Galileo pointed his telescope at Saturn and Jupiter, he had just discovered the nature of two giant planets. Later came Uranus and Neptune, two more gas giants. Since then, astronomers have ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age. It was an ...

January 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf planet ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Astronomers studying extreme planetary systems have identified worlds so massive that they rival the smallest stars in size.

Astronomers have, for the first time, confirmed a colossal coronal mass ejection from a distant star, a blast so powerful it ...

Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets ...

Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in a macabre cosmic dance. The dead star ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected phosphine gas in the ancient brown dwarf Wolf 1130C, a discovery that contradicts years of predictions about how phosphorus behaves in ...

Kevin Smith sees value in gold stocks, danger in what he calls the Mag 9 Crescat funds have doubled in value thanks to investments in gold miners. With five of his hedge funds occupying spots a list ...

The NJSIAA playoffs opened last weekend with action across the state in all five public school groups. There were some outstanding individual performances on both sides of the ball leading to ...

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch breaks down Michigan State’s football game at Minnesota this Saturday, 3:30 p.m. (ET). TV: Big Ten Network. Betting line: Minnesota -3.5 The Spartans have ...