The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

Understanding chorus waves is vital, as they create fast-moving, highly energetic electrons (known as killer electrons) that ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more than 7000 of them in our Galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered! At the same time, exoplanetologists have ...