Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / ...

NASA has explored the space beyond Earth and our solar system with spacecraft like Voyagers 1 and 2, and how we’ve discovered ...

NASA's Pandora mission, launching in fall 2025, will study the atmospheres of over 20 exoplanets, focusing on clouds, hazes, ...

The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Astronomers from MIT, the University of Liège in Belgium, and other institutions have stumbled upon a truly bizarre planet—an ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

The Kepler supernova remnant is the debris from a detonated star that is located about 20,000 light years away from Earth in our Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 604 is an enormous star-forming nebula in one of ...

After spending more money during the winter than any other team, the New York Yankees have a good chance to win another ...

Nike’s first big game ad in 27 years and other purpose-driven spots won the night, while ads built on celebrities, humor and politics had an uneven showing.

The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation. Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas giants ranging from ...