Science fiction loves to take us to desolate alien worlds with low-gravity, and envision creatures evolved to those or humans ...

Have you ever wondered why all the planets in our solar system– whether it’s rocky Earth or massive Jupiter– are round? It’s ...

In the vast universe, galaxies rotate in ways that don’t make sense if only visible matter is considered. For almost a ...

A 40-year-old space enigma has been unraveled: a white dwarf star at the center of the Helix Nebula has been annihilating a ...

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and magnetism.

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons as well. While some TNOs could be called dwarf planets because of their ...

Quantum gravity is the missing link between general ... passing through everything on our planet without consequences. For this very reason, neutrinos are difficult to detect.

"CBS Mornings" Gayle King and the rest of Blue Origin's historic all-women spaceflight crew blasted off on Monday.

The Moon is slowly spinning away from Earth and an expert has explained that this could have devastating effects ...