Since the Kepler Space Telescope began its prowl for exoplanets in 2009, it has uncovered a strange pattern among these alien ...

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Discovered by volunteer scientists, this alien planet is out of synch with its siblings ...

"There are incredibly tantalizing samples in the Perseverance rover's cache that could revolutionize our understanding of ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary ...

A “natural history” approach to space exploration would take into account instead developments in the fields of physics, ...

When 86-year-old Gerard McCarten finished his latest challenge – cycling the equivalent height of the tallest mountain in the ...

I/ATLAS is a newly detected interstellar object that entered the solar system from outside our stellar neighborhood, ...

NASA’s Pandora satellite has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to study alien planet atmospheres, helping scientists ...