Deep Space Nine Thrived On Fleshing Out The Bajoran, Ferengi And Other Species. While other Star Trek shows thrived on space ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

However, not all of those celestial bodies survived, and a new analysis of a the meteorite NWA 15915 shows that it likely originated from a world that was similar to Mercury in its composition—but not ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...

MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Math enthusiasts around the world, from college students to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day, ...

All you need to know about planets in our solar system Our solar system is made up of nine planets with Earth the third closest to the Sun. But each planet has its own quirks, so find out more ...

Kepler-452b could be habitable, according to scientists, which arguably makes it one of the strangest planets ever discovered. Of all the exoplanets ever discovered, just a handful have been found ...

Such an alignment happens when the planets orbit the sun on a relatively flat, disk-shaped plane. While the lineup is not unusual, it is rare for all seven planets to line up at once and won't happen ...

The action begins right at sunset — after which there will only be a 30-minute window in which all seven planets can be seen in alignment above the horizon. "If you look out west after sunset ...