Scientists want to study a distant world in the solar system that is classified as a dwarf planet. But some experts think it ...

When most people think of our Solar System, they think of the 8 planets officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). But what if I told you there are at least 40 planets, and ...

Methuselah, located 12,400 light years away in the constellation Scorpio, is one of the most ancient exoplanets ever ...

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known for powerful flaring, and since they're dim and their habitable zones are ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Gavin Wang, a rising senior studying physics and mathematics, has been named a 2025 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. This ...

In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Superman's lack of weakness is actually his biggest weakness. Indeed, that god-like skillset makes him so across-the-boa ...