Scientists used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) to make this exciting discovery. Several ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of them orbit, and now this lopsidedness. It just goes to show that sometimes it ...

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...

After over seven months in orbit, astronauts Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner have returned to Earth aboard the ...

Don Pettit has returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station, wrapping up a journey ...

The Houston Rockets team that faces Golden State in the NBA playoffs bears little ...