Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings.

Recently, an exoplanet just a short 15 light-years from Earth was discovered, setting the scientific community abuzz. This ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

Orbital data reveals that rocks transforming deep inside the Earth may be responsible for changes to our planet’s ...

By capturing the same thing from very different perspectives, a NASA astronaut and an intrepid photographer create a whole ...

There’s a place in Missouri where nature decided to play sculptor, creating a landscape so fantastical you’ll wonder if you’ve stumbled through a portal into some alternate dimension. Elephant Rocks ...

For those interested in the area’s mining history, the Missouri Mines State Historic Site in nearby Park Hills provides further context for the industrial heritage visible at Elephant Rocks.

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go beneath the surface,... The core of Mars looks like Earth’s. What makes the ...

Three years ago, Martian dust shrouded the solar panels on NASA’s InSight lander, preventing further operations and leading to its retirement. But the mission’s data continues to reveal information ...

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core. By Katrina Miller Three years ago, Martian dust ...

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