The confirmation of the gas giant planet would mark a milestone as the closest planet to Earth that orbits in a habitable ...

NASA scientists say the new planet orbits in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star in the Alpha Centauri stellar system - and ...

A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself. University ...

Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere like salt and dust, may offset a third of human-caused climate warming, though their influence is fading.

It would orbit within Alpha Centauri A’s habitable zone, the starlight-bathed region where liquid water can persist on a ...

Future technology could one day allow a miniature, laser-propelled spacecraft — no heavier than a paperclip — to travel to a nearby black hole, according to a bold new proposal published on Thursday ...

Scientists from the University of Warwick, in collaboration with Spanish institutions, have developed an algorithm that ...

The Moon, Earth’s steadfast companion, has fascinated humanity for thousands of years. This celestial body is not merely a ...

A team of astronomers has taken the sharpest-ever picture of the unexpected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the crisp ...

Earth’s prevailing winds are fastest in the northern hemisphere winter, but slowest from June to August, so the summer months ...

Planetary scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa is due to return to her postdoctoral roots at UCSD in October after six years as director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State ...

A stunning image reveals the plasma jet at the heart of the OJ 287 galaxy, providing new data on black holes’ impact on their ...