NASA has another mission, but this time, they are bringing in an Air Force pilot to tackle it. Here's everything you need to know about it.

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

New research using NASA's powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere.

Skywatchers who spotted the Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Aug. 12 are in for a dazzling display in the night sky through the end of August, with a "planet parade" building in the eastern sky, with ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

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