"It was just a matter of time before we found them." ...

The moon's influence is huge, both for human civilization and life as a whole. Its destruction would have catastrophic ...

Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of particles that shoot out from the Sun.

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

University of Texas Arlington provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, ...

These celestial wonders can tell us a lot about the state of the atmosphere at home on Earth as well as on other planets. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...

NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 exoplanets, planets beyond our solar system, a milestone that underscores how far the search for alien worlds has come in just three decades. The discovery ...

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

While many people mourn summer with the passing of Labor Day Weekend, the autumnal equinox is the official end of the summer season. The autumnal equinox marks the start of autumn in the Northern ...

(NewsNation) — In just a matter of weeks, the unique interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS is expected to pass closest to the sun between the orbits of Mars and Earth. Avi Loeb, a Harvard University ...

For the first time, astronomers have observed something like a Pluto colliding with a white dwarf, the shriveled corpse of a medium-size star. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope made the discovery by ...

Prolific singer and songwriter Sonny Curtis has died. He wrote and performed "Love Is All Around," the theme song for The ...