It's unlikely you'll be able to walk outside and see a line of planets, but according to NASA, a seven-planet parade happening tonight could be visible in some form in parts of the U.S. The upcoming ...

With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Close-up images from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that Mercury’s surface records impacts of almost unimaginable scale. Bright ray systems radiate from certain craters, stretching hundreds and ...

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

Fomalhaut lies about 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, aka the Southern Fish, and is one of the ...

Nestled 1,000 light-years from Earth, a massive, chaotic disk is offering scientists a unique glimpse into the birthplace of ...

It's not too late to see the planet parade. Stargazers will be able to see four or five planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. A rare seven-planet alignment will reportedly be ...

NASA has discovered a “super-Earth” that may be habitable — and it’s “only” 137 light-years away. “By astronomical standards, that’s not too bad!” the agency insisted on X about the planet dubbed ...

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young ...

The exoplanet is believed to be one of the farthest known from Earth. This artist's map of the Milky Way shows the location of one of the farthest known exoplanets, lying 13,000 light-years away. Most ...

Are we alone in the universe? Are there planets like Earth around other “suns” that might harbor life? Thanks to a recent technology breakthrough on a key NASA planet-finding project, the dream of ...