Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

Data from the Kepler project has confirmed a new world that fulfills the telescope's goal of locating Earth-sized planets ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

It looks like a sapphire jewel in space, but HD 189733bis anything but serene. With winds reaching seven times the speed of ...

Researchers have spotted a large cloud of iron atoms in the shape of a bar. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...