Many objects in space rotate. Earth completes a spin in roughly 24 hours, while Venus takes a whopping 243 Earth days. The ...
Gaseous water has been detected in the planet-forming disk surrounding the star V883 Orionis (ALMA) using the Atacama Large ...
The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...
A unique characteristic of the candidate planet HD 137010b is its ice-cold temperature.
The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.
NO ALIENS, dead or alive, have ever been taken to Porton Down, a government website proclaimed last year in an attempt to ...
Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led ...
The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.
Space experts have identified a potentially habitable new planet in the solar system, located around 150 light-years away. Find out more here.
Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...
Worlds that circle stars other than our own are called “exoplanets.” This specific one could be the very first planet like ...
Earthshine is sunlight that bounces off Earth, travels to the Moon, and then reflects back to our eyes. The Moon essentially ...