A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

As the extraordinary pace of astronomical discovery carries on, we increasingly see that the stuff of life is spread ...

The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Lake Salda, in southwestern Turkey, bears a close resemblance to Mars' Jezero crater, which is currently being sampled by ...

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams, along with fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore, spoke Monday for the first time ...

Many exciting events in April focus on Planet Earth at Emporia State University. Events at the Prophet Aquatic Research and ...