Astronomers from MIT, the University of Liège in Belgium, and other institutions have stumbled upon a truly bizarre planet—an ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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Conditions in the early universe might have enabled rocky planets with water to form much earlier than anticipated, potentially allowing life to begin sooner too. Astrophysicists studying the ...

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...

To truly understand our place in the universe, we must first comprehend the concept of scale. It is only through understanding the relative sizes of the entities around us that we can appreciate the ...

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

From icy Ilum to lush Kashyyyk, Star Wars planets are diverse and full of history ... Cala's underwater cities add depth to the Star Wars universe, offering unique settings for stories to unfold.

NASA is launching a new space telescope more powerful than its James Webb counterpart which will be able to shed more light ...

The mystery arose more than 20 years ago, when the Hubble Space Telescope spotted the universe's oldest known planet, which formed earlier in the universe's history than scientists thought was ...

At the very end of the first season of Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen emerged from the remains of a smoldering fire reborn as the Mother of Dragons, with three baby fire-breathers cradled in ...