“We wanted to test the brightness of ... actually going to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, which includes the rocky planet Proxima b. Appreciating the magnitude of this challenge ...

As far as space events go, February offers a glimpse of Venus at its brightest ... with a magnitude of 13. You’ll need at least an 8-inch telescope to spot it, according to Star Walk.

With an assist from the NEID spectrograph, a team of astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanet Gaia-4b—one of the ...

Throughout February, a striking gathering of the five brightest planets—Venus ... But in reality, Saturn shines as brightly as a first-magnitude star. However, when compared to Venus, which ...

Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says. It replaces the old Richter scale. Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are often felt but ...

OTTAWA — Everything from American meat, dairy, chocolate, wine, booze, cosmetics, clothing, wood and tobacco products to guns and ammunition is about to get more expensive in Canada. But not ...

Schools in England could be graded across a variety of different areas – including attendance and inclusion – using a colour-coded five-point scale. Schools would receive ratings – from the ...

Mars forms an elegant triangle with Castor and Pollux, Gemini’s brightest stars, on Feb. 1. Shining at magnitude –1.1, Mars stands 4.2° southwest of 1st-magnitude Pollux and 1.8° southwest ...