A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support ...

A startling photo from NASA has revealed something climate scientists didn't think was possible in one of the world's most ...

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

A groundbreaking discovery has been made beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, where researchers led by Stewart Jamieson from ...

In the 1950s, Stanley Miller and Nobel laureate Harold Urey conducted experiments at the University of Chicago in which they ...

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...

An international team of astrophysicists, led by Northwestern University and the University of Leicester in England, has ...

A team of astronomers have discovered a curious figure in the universe. It is two distant galaxies colliding with each other ...

In a cosmic first, scientists watched planet-forming materials begin to solidify around a newborn star, offering a peek into ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

Niger says it will open an investigation into the sale of a Martian meteorite discovered in the West African country’s Agadez ...