Seismic data collected in Elysium Planitia, the second largest volcanic region on Mars, suggest the presence of a shallow sedimentary...
The hunt for planets beyond our solar system has turned up more than 4,000 far-flung worlds, orbiting stars thousands of...
In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life. These...
Seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers have used that harmony to...
Data from ESA’s Gaia mission is re-writing the history of our galaxy, the Milky Way. What had traditionally been thought...
An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members who were...
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the new Prichal docking module for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur...
Brown dwarfs, also known as “coffee colored dwarfs” or “failed stars” are the natural link between stars and planets. They...
Based on LAMOST and Kepler data, a new study led by astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of...
From a viewpoint about 90 kilometers (56 miles) above Lacus Veris, “Lake of Spring,” the camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance...
UCLA astronomers have identified 366 new exoplanets, thanks in large part to an algorithm developed by a UCLA postdoctoral scholar....
NASA is preparing to launch a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid—a test run should humanity ever...
