Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the ...

A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical ...

What we know about the search for ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system - The idea of a massive undiscovered planet has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s ...

Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency ...

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

A groundbreaking study from the Universities of Barcelona and Padua challenges the inflation theory, suggesting the universe began from a stable De Sitter space, driven by gravity and quantum ...

However, giving birth, and looking after a newborn, would be far more difficult in zero gravity. After all, in space, nothing stays still. Fluids float. So do people. That makes delivering a baby and ...

James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...

As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red ...

A new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly ...