Space

Two alien worlds identical to Earth in mass and composition have just been discovered orbiting the habitable zone of a peaceful star...

Well, that was unexpected.Nobody had any idea that there is a halo of cool gas circling the black hole at the center of our galaxy...

Two young exoplanets have been directly imaged cutting a swath through the protoplanetary disc surrounding a newborn star, according...

A recent NASA Hubble photograph reveals that the Messier 90 galaxy is headed our way, according to reports. This is a rare thing...

Jupiter’s trademark red storm is breathing its last. An astronomical landmark as iconic as Saturn’s rings, recent photographs have...

Sun and Moon: A Story of Astronomy, Photography, and Cartography by Mark Holburn is a sublime history of man and space rendered in...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new look at an old subject, and the results are absolutely breathtaking.Located in the...

In the wake of Blue Origin's announcement last week that it had developed a lunar lander (named Blue Moon, naturally) and plans to...

The European Space Agency wants to harness nanoparticles to reverse human aging. The Nano Antioxidants Experiment will study how a...

Ever thrown something into the fire to see if it would melt? If you were a kid trying to melt rocks, the process was likely pretty...

On the heels of President Trump's directive to put "American astronauts launched by American rockets from American soil" on the moon's...

Press Release via Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & SmithsonianBERLIN, Germany & AMADO, Ariz. (April 16, 2019)—Scientists in the...

North Florida residents were startled by the appearance of a bright green meteor illuminating their evening skies just before midnight...

Vice President Mike Pence told NASA at the National Space Council that President Trump expects them to have American astronauts back...

Were it not for Reddit – and the tendency of its visitors to repost ancient video in search of sweet, sweet karma points – many of...

Nearly 10 years after its discovery, planet Kepler-1658b has now been officially recognized as an actual plant. It’s all thanks to...

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule returned to Earth this morning after completing its resupply mission to the International Space Station...

Astronomers at the SETI Institute have discovered a previously unnoticed, city-sized moon orbiting Neptune, thanks to the Hubble...

A sharp-eyed Redditor found documentation from January of this year indicating that Mars One Ventures, the company behind Mars One, a...

In a rather surprising turn of events that is all but guaranteed to ignite specious "arguments" concerning the authenticity of the...