Just decades after the first exoplanets were identified, our database of the distant worlds—monitored by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute—has breached a new threshold. Now, astronomers have ...

A man who taught a generation that science and math can be fun is the latest to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bill Nye was honored during a ceremony Monday as his star was unveiled.

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

A pair of Mars-bound satellites are back to Kennedy Space Center a year after NASA bowed out of its chance to be the debut launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn. The satellites for the Escape and Plasma ...

Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...

Houston Matters learns more about what NASA called “the closest we’ve actually come to discovering ancient life on Mars.” ...

“Interstellar objects may be able to jump start planet formation, in particular around higher-mass stars,” Pfalzner said in a ...

Despite President Trump seeking to cut NASA’s science mission budget nearly in half, the agency is set to send up its latest ...

The Trump administration wants steep cuts to science and technology, which fuels economic growth and bolsters national ...

The universe is a slow-changing place. While it's mostly true that the heavens and the deep-sky objects in it will look ...

NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas ...

Seismic studies reveal Mars may have a solid inner core. The result deepens knowledge of its evolution and lost magnetic ...