An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery ...

Astronomers finally have the answer to a 20 year mystery. In A Nutshell Hubble Space Telescope captured evidence of two ...

Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

What looked like a mysterious exoplanet was actually the sparkling debris from a violent collision between massive space rocks.

Outer space never fails to remind us just how much we don't know. Astronomers have uncovered a lemon-shaped planet that ...

With new technologies comes new discoveries. Or so Spider Man's Uncle Ben might have said if he was an astronomer. Or a ...

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

A vast ring of rocky leftovers between Mars and Jupiter, the asteroid belt preserves clues to how the planets — and Earth ...

Planet Labs’ recent quarterly reports have sent its stock to the moon. Its most recent one after Wednesday’s close of trading, might send it to Mars.

Did NASA discover city lights on an alien planet? This video explores the implications and details of the findings that suggest the presence of artificial light sources on a distant exoplanet. The ...

A winter storm warning has expired in Iowa, leaving behind nearly 10 inches of snow. The storm brought snowfall across Iowa on Saturday, Dec. 6 and ended with some sleet and freezing rain in the Des ...

Earth may not have to look quite so far for its moon because when our young planet was in a catastrophic collision with a nearby protoplanet, the event might have jettisoned enough planetary debris ...