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It seems intuitive, even for humans. If a planet is too close to its sun, there will be no chance of liquid water, which is, as far as...

Press release: ESA/HubbleCredit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California,...

While the greater motor physical changes associated with low-gravity in space are relatively well-known, scientists are now learning...

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a dwarf star, dubbed TOI-270, with three exoplanets – TOI 270B,...

On July 20, 1969 at 2017 hrs UTC (4:17pm Eastern Time), the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle, commanded by Neil Armstrong and piloted by...

I've always been interested in extreme diets. I once dropped from 170 to 138 pounds (for reference, I'm 6'0" tall) by going vegan for...

Science ReleaseAstronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed an unexpected thin disc of material encircling a...

If you were to have looked up at the sky 181 years ago you'd have noticed one seemingly new and incredibly bright star burning up the...

NASA announced last night that their much-discussed Dragonfly project which plans to deliver a quadcopter drone to the surface of...

NASA has reported that the Mars Curiosity Rover has detected high levels of methane – a hydrocarbon often produced by microbes and...

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

Today NASA announced that the ISS is open – officially and unironically – for business and pleasure. The International Space...

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

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...

It's strange to think that we'll likely see the first human colonies on Mars – a planet that appears as a tiny rust-colored dot in...

"The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be," Carl Sagan wrote in Cosmos. "Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us --...

You've gotta hand it to America's space scientists: they're resilient. Despite an admission that they may not be able to stop the...

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

Despite an admission last year that it may be impossible to stop the 8.8 ton asteroid Bennu from annihilating life on Earth, the...