NASA has discovered a new world, named Gliese 12 b. It is roughly the size of Earth, lies in the habitable zone, and orbits every 12.8 days.

If the Moon were to suddenly vanish from the solar system, our home planet would suffer devastating consequences ...

A powerful solar storm has delivered a dramatic blow to Jupiter’s magnetosphere, revealing that even the largest planet in ...

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to ...

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...

Planets' temperatures are largely influenced by their structural characteristics and proximity to the Sun, however, Venus ...

Scientists have just discovered four small, rocky exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star to our solar system after the Alpha Centauri system, NASA announced. Located only six ...

Using data collected by the spacecraft’s LEISA spectral imager, researchers are uncovering the true nature of Nix’s surface coarse, pure water ice that behaves like rock due to the extreme cold of ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a station operated by a partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here.