The Star of Bethlehem, a guiding light for the Magi, has long puzzled experts. NASA scientist Mark Matney proposes a 5 BC ...

Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we're bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary ...

Mark Matney’s fresh hypothesis suggests that the Star of Bethlehem may have been a bright comet that briefly appeared to ...

A mysterious star described in ancient texts continues to puzzle experts, as new research offers a fresh explanation for the ...

As of Saturday, Dec. 6, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous. This means 96% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

Using NASA's Kepler space telescope, Chinese astronomers have observed a binary star system known as KIC 5623923. As a result ...

Searching for exomoons—moons that orbit around another planet—was one of the most exciting capabilities expected of the James ...

A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be packed with rare gems. The bizarre alien world is even believed to have grown a second atmosphere ...

Launched by NASA in 2009, the Kepler space telescope was outfitted with equipment to discover and study Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way galaxy. It was named after the 17th century scientist and ...

The final observing campaign of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope lasted only a month. As the spacecraft began to run low on attitude control fuel, it couldn’t maintain its position long enough to collect ...

A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified what may be some of the last planets NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope observed during its nearly decade-long mission. The trio of ...