We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

The giant planet J1407b has been a weird space mystery since its discovery in 2010. But a new study revealed something about the planet that may help explain at least part of its weirdness: a ...

Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

There is no doubt that human activities are negatively affecting the planet on which we live. Using information from natural ...

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...

Ever since humanity discovered that there are other places outside of Earth, we've thought about leaving it. On this episode ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

This localized impact pattern, unusual given that over 70% of Earth’s continental crust lies outside this region, points to the presence of an ancient debris ring. Over millions of years ...

Just like in "Contact," the Hubble Space Telescope and the JWST have found no planets ... Earth from the sun, which is 149.6 million kilometers/93 million miles, so IRAS and ALMA measured the dust ...

Voyager 1 switched to a very old backup radio transmitter, not used since 1981, restoring NASA’s contact amid communication ...