New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

NASA has been monitoring a never-before-seen planet in its solar system, which is eight times the size of Earth. The ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...

A group of specialists emphasizes the urgent need for in-depth studies into vaginal microorganisms and their impact on health ...

An LSU-led team would like to use a high-flying Antarctic balloon-borne infrared telescope to detect the chemical makeup of ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

A team of researchers led by Katherine Bermingham from Rutgers University in New Brunswick has discovered that water did not ...