Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

A distant exoplanet might have an atmosphere similar to Earth's, early observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

This cosmic drama offers a unique glimpse into the future fate of our own Solar system and highlights the power of Hubble’s ultraviolet vision to probe stellar remains that would otherwise go ...

A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

This invisible boundary is known as the heliosphere. It's the endpoint beyond which our Sun does not have any reach or power.

In what we can only interpret as a show of solidarity for the Solar System's beleaguered dwarf planet Pluto, the Sun put its heart prominently on its sleeve atmosphere.

A new program has discovered chaos in a nearby planetary system, which could explain the existence of a phenomenon ...

By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region, the U.S.

So far, the verdict has been mixed: New parole applications remain frozen, and in May, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the ...

If it is shut down, it would mark the first time the federal government has decertified an organ procurement organization.