A sugar found in raspberries and sunless tanning products has turned up near the Milky Way’s center. The discovery marks the ...

This discovery marks a major milestone in the search for life on worlds beyond our solar system. A faint stream of helium ...

The Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL), one of NASA’s flagship astrobiology research teams, has officially joined the SETI ...

Ancient samples from the moon's far side are helping scientists uncover how asteroid impacts shaped the early solar system. The findings challenge decades of thinking about when those impacts occurred ...

Astronomers have found the first confirmed atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star’s habitable zone. The planet, LHS 1140 b, revealed its atmosphere through helium slowly leaking into space.

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...

The planet is in dire danger, and you’re its last hope against hordes of mean aliens who want nothing more than to see your world crumble. Use Planetary Tower Defense codes to grab all the free Gold ...

The mission is still in the early stages of its conception, with contracts given recently to firms.

On 13 April 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass safely at a distance of about 32,000 kilometers above Earth's surface, within the geostationary orbit, posing no threat to the planet. This ...

Next summer, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will start sidling up to several asteroids near Jupiter. On its way there, it has studied another space rock up close ...