Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown birthplace of some of the universe's rarest elements: a giant flare ...

Mild May nights will set the stage for a great month of stargazing with the cosmos offering a trio of astronomical sights, ...

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may ...

A team of astronomers poring through old astronomical data may have seen a candidate for the elusive Planet Nine – a ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

Earth and Mars are mysteriously low in elements like copper and zinc, which are crucial for planetary chemistry and ...

Named Eos, the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye and could shed light on solar ...

The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.

April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.