"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...

The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet. The ...

In celebration of 35 years spent in orbit around Earth, the Hubble team has released a set of four new images showing the ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

In a new study, scientists discover that white dwarf stars have greater potential to host habitable planets than previously ...

If you've ever dreamed of leaving your mark on science, look no further: NASA has a citizen-science program that will let you contribute. Regardless of whether you want to study landslides, comets, or ...

By analyzing the available observational data, astronomers from the Tribhuvan University in Nepal and elsewhere have ...

A team of astronomers have detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of ...

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional "Star Wars" desert planet Tatooine. More ...

Venus, Saturn, and the moon are going to create a literal smiley face in the sky that cannot be missed on April 25.

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of ...