One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

What Would It Be Like? Venture into the icy depths of our solar system and explore the unique features of a distant planet.

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? Researchers show that this is not due to the random pull of the planets, but rather the ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being ...

There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...