On a recent day in November, the car-size rover rolled slowly forward, then stopped, perched on the threshold of a...
Astrophysicists at the University of Surrey and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía have identified a speck in the sky...
When Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, any phosphorus that was present likely sank into the molten core because of...
Could life exist around our nearest stellar neighbors? Led by the University of Sydney and supported by the Breakthrough Initiatives,...
Mars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research suggests....
You can see the longest partial lunar eclipse in hundreds of years this week. The “nearly total” lunar eclipse is...
A husband-and-wife team of astronomers at the University of Toledo joined forces for the first time in their scientific careers...
A massive asteroid will whiz past the Earth on Saturday, but hold any thoughts of disaster movies. Though NASA defines...
The United States said Monday it was investigating a “debris-generating event in outer space” after astronauts on the International Space...
After decades of uncertainty, researchers have confirmed the existence of lunar carbon dioxide cold traps that could potentially contain solid...
Forming planets are one possible explanation for the rings and gaps observed in disks of gas and dust around young...
German astronomers have conducted photometric observations of a recently discovered polar known as J1832.4-1627. This object is the first deeply...
