New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface ...

An international team of astronomers led from regional Queensland finds an exoplanet 150 light-years away with a 50 per cent ...

NASA’s Kepler telescope has identified Kepler 452b, the most Earth like planet ever discovered, orbiting in the habitable zone of a sunlike star. This video explains why the find is so important, how ...

The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

Ariana Church made the extraordinary find with her seven-year-old sister, Leyla, mother Hayley, 39, and grandmother Marion, ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

The planet HD 189733 b was discovered in 2005, as one of many huge gas worlds snuggled tightly against their suns. It gradually gained popularity for .

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

For anyone curious about what it's like to stand on another planet, Earth offers a few convincing previews. Mars may be 140 ...

A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...