Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some ...

Well, they've done it. Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership of NASA and its European and Canadian ...

The first planetary system discovered was nothing like our own. It was more like a zombie solar system. Appropriately named ...

This will let you quickly determine if a planet has what you’re looking for and is worth visiting. After all, there’s no point heading to a gas giant if you’re looking to set up an outpost.

As much as over 90 percent of the dwarf planet's crust could be water ice, giving some insight, the researchers believe, into ...

The ambitious mission won't actually look for life, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable ...

The author of a new book on the DART mission takes us behind the scenes of the day NASA smacked an asteroid.

This artist's concept depicts a potential volcanic moon between the exoplanet WASP-49 b, left, and its parent star. New ...

WWF explains how the EU can tighten its wildlife-protecting policies in a critical five-year window for action.View on ...

Claims of worlds orbiting Barnard’s star have been made before. But an advanced instrument could provide the breakthrough ...

Global warming, a topic that’s simultaneously about science and politics. The media loves to spin a nice, tidy solution: stop ...

October 11, 2024 • Even in our modern world with planes and jets and drones, the vast majority of goods are moved around the planet in cargo ships. Which means our ports are the backbone of our ...