SCIENTISTS have stumbled across a new Super-Earth that orbits inside its star’s habitable zone with a new alien-hunting tool.

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...

At the American Museum of Natural History in New York, I had the pleasure of experiencing both at the same time.

Earth’s ultimate fate may hinge on a cosmic coin toss. Astronomers have revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a 50/50 chance ...

The Milky Way now only has a two per cent chance of colliding with its nearest galaxy neighbour, according to new research ...

"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first ...

Scientists reveal the clearest images of the Sun’s corona using a new adaptive optics system, opening new paths for solar ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

The corona undergoes constant restructuring as coronal rain falls toward the surface. Credit: Schmidt et ...

Images beamed back to Earth from the Sun have revealed stunning new details about the star's outer atmosphere, including ...

A meteor streaks across the sky and burns up in a flash. Sometimes, a small piece survives the journey through Earth’s ...

Astronomy has lost one of its most assiduous calculators of eclipses with the passing of astronomer Fred Espenak, known ...