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Of these planets, four are believed to potentially be similar to Earth.
Despite being thousands of kilometers away, the sun and moon are behind some of the earthquakes on the Earth.
The drone will have to be light but solid enough to survive in the moon's harsh atmosphere.
This space snow could help scientists better understand planet formation and evolution.
The image captures the gas giant and its surroundings in amazing detail.
Pluto and Ceres have a new neighbor.
Death from the heavens.
Researchers working with the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii have made a stunning discovery: they found evidence of water clouds around a brown dwarf. Since its discovery, the brown dwarf known as WISE 0855 has fascinated astronomers. It lies just 7.2 light-years from Earth and it’s the coldest confirmed object outside of our solar system at temperatures ranging […]
Thirsty, anyone?
Life on Titan? It's a good bet.
Built to boldly probe where no man has probed before.
While the size of Mars' moons is laughable, some scientists believe the Red Planet used to have many more moons.
Shouts of joy filled the air as Juno's success became evident and the shuttle enrolled on the gas giant's orbit.
Watch it live here!
Mars is full of secrets, but we're unraveling them one by one.
One of the first science classes children take teaches them about the water cycle on the planet. But how did water get here in the first place?
But maybe our neighbour wasn't always so red-faced after all.
NASA’s Space Launch System will be the most powerful rocket humanity has ever built and 2020 onwards, it should make history as the craft that put man on Mars.
Food grown on Mars has been officially declared edible.
NASA always gets the best of everything.
India's space agency is taking huge strides forward.
This is some scary stuff.
Not much bigger than an apartment building, 2016 HO3 has been confirmed as Earth's newest satellite.
They may be more common than we thought.
Thousands of light years away, a two-handed molecule might help us unravel the secrets of life.
Mars will be very safe and very comfortable one day. But first it's going to be harsh and unwelcoming.
The vibrant night's sky that has enchanted countless generations is fading from from memory.
Astronomers used to think black holes feed exclusively on a hot gas and dust, but it seems they sometimes like to go out for ice cream.
It's one of the strangest experiment ever devised, and it may very well revolutionize science.
We may actually get to see a black hole!
Pluto really is crazy!
Astronomers working with the Hubble telescope have discovered that the Universe is expanding 5-9% faster than expected, and this is intriguing.
Few things in life can claim to be truly breathtaking, and even fewer of those things are man-made. But this perfect rocket landing from SpaceX can definitely claim that:
One group from Lund University in Sweden says Planet 9 or Planet X, as it's sometimes called, might actually be an exoplanet, initially formed in another solar system but captured by our sun in an interstellar gravity tug of war.
Could comets have seeded life on Earth?
Swirling patterns in the ice of Mars' North Pole suggest the planet is emerging out of a long ice age that began some 370,000 years ago. The findings are extremely important for climate change, improving our understanding of both Mars' and Earth's climate.
The analysis suggests some supermassive black holes, which lie at the heart of virtually any galaxy, turn their host galaxies into "red geysers" which suppress star formation.
Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft chief, billionaire, scientist and patent creator recently published a study in which he claims NASA has made many fundamental errors in its analysis of asteroid data.
"…this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. "
At the heart of virtually every galaxy, including the Milky Way, is a supermassive blackhole that's anywhere from hundreds of thousands to billions of times more massive than the sun. How these cosmic bodies start off is still a subject of debate.
A research team discovered two geologically young craters — one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old — in the Moon’s darkest regions.
A joint venture between US Department of Defense and Australian Defence Science and Technology Organization launched a rocket to a mind-boggling Mach 7.5. That's a speed seven and half times faster than the speed of sound or 5,710 mph (9,200 kmph).
One Japanese startup is planning one hell of a fireworks show for the official opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
NASA astronomers captured a beautiful image of Mars on May 12, when the planet was just 50 million miles away from Earth. Bright snow-capped polar regions and rolling clouds above the rusty landscape show that Mars is a dynamic, seasonal planet, not an inert rock barreling through space.
A faint, blue galaxy 30 million light years away from Earth could help us understand the conditions from the birth of the Universe. Nicknamed "The Little Lion", the galaxy contains the lowest level of heavy chemical elements ever observed in a system of stars - meaning its make-up is similar to what was happening directly after Big Bang.
When Hollywood makes a movie set in space, the science in the movie may or may not be based in reality.
If I asked you to guess where we have the best chances of finding life outside of Earth, you’d be hard pressed to think about Europa. But Jupiter’s frozen moon is beginning to look more and more attractive, and may even harbor an Earth-like ocean. We’ve written extensively before about the life harboring possibilities of […]
Hollywood screenwriters and directors are in business to make a lot of money. For space movies, they make trailers packed with explosions, laser beams and futuristic spacecraft. Heroes and heroines have perfect hair and dazzling smiles. Are these movies scientifically accurate? Usually not.
A team from Monash University, Australia, and Imperial College, U.K., found the oldest micrometeorites ever and by studying them could determine what the planet's atmosphere looked like 2.7 billion years ago when these objects impacted the surface.
Both civilian and military applications have become heavily reliant on digital communications, which in turn are dependent on space hardware like satellites. If only two decades ago, only the biggest companies or wealthy governments could afford to launch permanent or semi-permanent satellites. Today, satellites are smaller, better and cheaper than they ever were, which is why there are more than 1,100 active satellites orbiting the planet. However, they're as vulnerable as ever, too.
