Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be possible. Around the small star LHS 1903, a dense rocky world orbits on ...

Energy in space does not work the way it does on Earth. Solar panels help, but sunlight is not constant on the Moon. Nights ...

Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its gaseous neighbors, possibly after much of the ...

Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red dwarf star LHS 1903, scientists expected to find rocky ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

Planetes is a cult classic anime that changed how we think of sci-fi. The beloved series is now available to stream on Crunchyroll.

Typically, from what astronomers have gathered thus far, star systems follow a tidy logic: small, rocky worlds huddle close to the warmth of their star, while massive gas giants bloat up in the colder ...

Four astronauts will blast off Friday from Florida on a flight to the International Space Station. Here's how to watch: ...

A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists "listen" to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein's gravity ...

Scientists around the world have been scrambling to fill in gaps and make space on their servers for American data sets, ...

It is the 12th long-duration ISS team that NASA has flown aboard a SpaceX launch vehicle since Elon Musk's rocket venture began sending U.S. astronauts to orbit in 2020.