This proximity makes the search for exoplanets like Barnard b easier. The discovery was made possible by observations from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. Artist's impression of a planet with ...

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is passing Earth, providing dazzling photos for millions worldwide, including in Utah.

After an amazing orbital flight, billionaire-pilot Jared Isaacman says he aims to safeguard human civilization by sprinkling ...

Researchers in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county, might also have found the answer to what happened to the first ...

A recently discovered comet, known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, will make its closest approach of Earth on Saturday.

Saturn is known for its stunning rings and its many moons (four seen here), but they aren’t the planet’s only companions. Its first known Trojan — an asteroid that shares the planet’s orbit around the ...

Take a deep dive into the fascinating creatures that live in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on the planet.

A new video shows how Earth's magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent "polar reversal ...

An asteroid's orbit may reveal an invisible fifth force that could rewrite the rules of physics. Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

The Earth as a planet can sustain life, because of the presence of Hydrogen and Oxygen, or in more simple terms, the presence ...

Researchers have wondered how an alligator-size arthropod lived more than 300 million years ago. The discovery of an intact ...