Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

NASA and other space agencies are planning future ... Each potential “second Earth” discovery fuels the human imagination influencing everything from art and literature to the philosophical ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal ... “Its waste would have been food for other microbes, like methanogens, that would have helped to create a recycling ecosystem.” ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

“This distinction sets up a great natural experiment for us to see if the shape, or size, of bends in rivers is distinct from those in volcanic or ice channels,” said Tim Goudge, a co-author on the ...

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons with 274.The International ...

Ready for a show? On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

This study provides a crucial piece of the puzzle of Earth's impact history and suggests there may be many other ancient craters that could be discovered over time.” “Uncovering this impact and ...