What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

The Great Red Spot is a gigantic storm, twice the size of Earth, that has swirled for centuries. It’s just one of many on the ...

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

The moon is pretty inhospitable to humans, but recent research has found that it's surprisingly possible for breathable air ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

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

Traditional solar fails in the windswept north. Two Swedish inventors are betting on aerodynamic resilience to solve the ...

Australia’s energy transition isn’t following one blueprint. State-by-state grid choices reveal a future shaped by storage, ...

A new study led by researchers at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in collaboration with African partners shows ...

In a new study published in The Planetary Science Journal, scientists from the University of Chicago and Jet Propulsion ...