Abundance of Earth-like Exoplanets The universe has no shortage of similarities to Earth when it comes to celestial ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.

Space is home to a great many oddities, and even chemistry gets strange out there. In fact, there are even some molecules ...

Is it possible to understand the Universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

The probability of humanity being the sole technological civilization in the observable universe is considered to be less ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

That gusher of findings will include new observations of exoplanets—or planets orbiting other stars; new surveys of the structure of the Milky Way; and new studies of dark energy, the mysterious, ...

Dark energy is still a mystery, but powerful new telescopes are set to uncover clues. With NASA and ESA leading the charge, ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...