New planet is one of the best ever hopes for seeing alien life, scientists say - Less than 20 light years away, we could soon ...

An international team of researchers has identified a strong candidate for a nearby, potentially rocky exoplanet orbiting ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

November's full moon will be the closest supermoon of 2025, set to shine for days. Here's when to watch and what to know about the beaver moon.

Earth' orbiting within its star's habitable zone, just 20 light-years from Earth, could host extraterrestrial life.

The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.

A recent detection from JWST is being widely discussed. The discoverers suggest that it might be an incredible record-breaker ...

Scientists reexamining data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have uncovered exciting new evidence from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The spacecraft detected complex organic molecules being blasted into ...

A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a ...

As the government shutdown drags on, scientists and advocates remain focused on the long-term effects of proposed budget cuts ...

The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from ...