The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or call the information line (804-752-3210) for dates and times.

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

But due to its extreme elliptical orbit ... Unsurprisingly, HD 80606 b is described as a hot Jupiter due to its roasting temperatures. It heats up by over 500C in a matter of hours, scientists ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch, but the observatory is making up for lost time. After several years of ...

This tendency allows the formation of stars, planets, galaxies, and black holes ... Sometimes, as with the Sun and Jupiter, their mutual center of gravity or barycenter lies slightly outside ...

An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.

NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped in for a close look at a massive thunderstorm on Jupiter, revealing that it may have ...

A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a ...