For the first time, astronomers have detected primordial oxygen gassing out from a comet

True to its name, comet Lovejoy is having a stellar party, releasing large amounts of ethanol, the same type of...

About 160,000 light-years away, two stars are overlapping in what could be poetically described as an explosive catastrophic kiss.

Where are all the Earth-like planets? Well, they haven't formed yet!

NASA's Cassini probe recently observed mysterious, huge amounts of plasma on the fringes of Saturn's magnetic field; surprisingly, they were...

United States Astronaut Scott Kelly has just beaten the record for the most cumulative days in space, and this is...

We've seen Pluto in all its splendor recently thanks to the New Horizons mission that flew by the former planet...

It's likely not aliens, but it could be - and it's really, really strange.

The rest of the 1% is made up of hallow tubes of nickel. So, this makes for a very rigid,...

Normally, when people say they're working on "the coolest thing ever", we raise our eyebrows in skepticism; but when SpaceX...

A few days ago, we were telling you about some spectacular features on Ceres, the dwarf planet / largest object...

China is currently building the world's largest radio telescope, that will be capable to detect signs of life from billions...

NASA's New Horizons shuttle wasn't only taking mind blowing photos of Pluto, it was also peeking at Pluto's moons, especially...

It's a great day to be a space fan: NASA has just released all the photos taken by Apollo astronauts...

At the European Planetary Science Conference in Nantes, France, NASA presented some spectacular maps and observations about Ceres, the largest...

Six years ago, at the 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen, things seemed to have taken a dire turn, with no...

Two days ago, NASA made a spectacular announcement: they found liquid water on Mars, confirming suspicions and clues from years...

That's what I call fatal attraction: two supermassive black holes are "dancing", drawn together by each other's humongous gravitational attraction,...

I know, I know, we've spoiled you with awesome photos of Pluto already, this couldn't possibly surprise you, could it?...

An ocean of magma could explain why Jupiter's moon Io has volcanoes in the "wrong place". This would also mean...

New close-ups of Pluto's surface have been revealed by NASA today, revealing a stunning variety of features on the frozen...

As if the area wasn't tense enough socially and politically, Iran and Iraq are also facing major environmental concerns in...

Hubble has recently captured a dazzling image of a "cosmic butterfly" - the planetary nebula (PN) M2-9. The star has...

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to ever set foot on the Moon and one of the most respected and vocal...

Gas giants like Saturn or Jupiter may have formed not from a planetary core, but rather from tiny pebbles that...

The Cassini shuttle, that has been in Saturn's orbit since 2004, took some spectacular images of the rather elusive moon,...

The space shuttle Endeavor is currently retired, being displayed for everyone to see at the California Science Center. But that...

A while ago, we were telling you about the Indian Orbiter Mission to Mars - the cheapest Mars mission ever....

An exciting "infant Jupiter" rich in methane has been discovered using an Earth-bound telescope. The newly found planet might reveal...

Paleontologists have discovered a set of dinosaur footprints that seem to indicate social behavior in carnivorous dinosaurs. The footprints, found...

As we were telling you yesterday, astronauts aboard the International Space Station were preparing for the first meal that involved...

Mars is now a cold and dry place, but it wasn't always like this - the Red Planet used to...

Back in 2013, we were telling you about about a small agricultural project on the International Space Station - now,...

We call it the "dark side" of the Moon, but that's a rather improper name - a better one would...

NASA scientists have taken grainy images of a peculiar asteroid nicknamed the "Space Peanut". The asteroids measures 1.2 miles across...

#MondayMotivation #Earth today; #PlutoFlyby tomorrow! @Space_Station; @NASANewHorizons #YearInSpace #GoodMorning #Aurora! Good to see you again. #YearInSpace Scott Kelly has been...

Coffee and tea taste bitter to most people because of the caffeine. Of course, some like their coffee dark, but...

If you do something "once in a blue moon", that's really rare - once every 2 or 3 years, to...

A half a million year old human tooth was discovered in France in a place called Tautavel, one of Europe's...

New Horizons has sent over so much data that NASA will be analyzing and learning more about Pluto for over...

An "absolutely exquisite" fossil of a juvenile snake with limbs has been discovered by English paleontologists in Brazil. The fossil...

Planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our...

OK, we all know New Horizons zoomed past Pluto, took some breathtaking pictures and then called back home to tell...

Before you get overly excited, no, Pluto hasn't been once again accepted as a planet - it's still officially a...

New Horizons's trip to Pluto came and went - it was met with extreme enthusiasm at NASA headquarters and praised...

Speeding at 14 km per second, NASA's New Horizons shuttle went past Pluto, hurdling towards the edge of the Solar...

The media is abuzz with disturbing headlines, warning us that even reduced levels of global warming will cause massive sea...

Pluto, the Solar System's most well known planet wanna-be is having its week in the spotlight: NASA's New Horizons probe...

Our Universe may be riddled with millions of supermassive black holes, a new study reports. The reason why we haven't...

Comet lander Philae may be sitting on top of microbial life and not even know it - even worse, it...