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

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

Watch the crescent moon, Venus and the bright star Regulus align in a rare predawn close conjunction tomorrow.

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

Faint hydrogen signals from the cosmic Dark Ages may soon help determine the mass of dark matter particles. Simulations suggest future Moon-based observatories could distinguish between warm and cold ...

To answer a question or ask a new one, email [email protected] Between 50,000 and 100,000 tonnes of light gases such ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

Last week NASA announced the "clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars". Amazing news, or a "crushing blow" for humanity?

An international research collaboration has used advanced computer simulations to investigate how faint radio signals from ...

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

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) will flight test novel ...