"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet," study lead Miki Nakajima, an associate professor in the ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

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

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

The Earth channels cosmic power in the form of solar energy. The coming winter superstorm shows just what havoc that power ...

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

For over a century, scientists have suspected there could be a hidden planet lurking far beyond Neptune—massive enough to shape the orbits of distant objects in the Kuiper Belt. Recent simulations and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy” during the medical crisis.

"I worked for Harrison Ford's son, Ben, in his restaurant. I was 14 at the time and a busser. As I was pouring everyone their ...

"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link." ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...