NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.

More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after an unexpectedly extended mission on the ...

New data from a constellation of satellites 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...