NASA shared that with a more precise shape, it will help astronomers understand data from planets seen passing in front of ...

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are ...

This twist — that 3I/ATLAS' outer layers have been baked by the sun — does not derail our mission. It just makes the science ...

The catastrophic impact of an asteroid 66 million years ago brought death and devastation on Earth—but also fascinating new life.

Astronomers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville may have found the closest evidence yet of a hidden clump of dark matter near the Sun. Led by astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti, the research ...

Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.

Close-up observations of the Sun explain how solar flares start, grow, and send high-energy particles racing through space.

A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Research led by the University of Liverpool has identified magnetic evidence that two immense, ultra-hot rock structures located at the base of Earth’s mantle, around 2,900 kilometres beneath Africa ...

Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent study ...

A rare carbonaceous meteorite discovered in the Western Sahara has captured the attention of scientists for containing grains ...