How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a pair ...

Neptunes, which are exoplanets whose size is between Earth and Neptune, teach astronomers about exoplanet formation and evolution? This is wha | Space ...

April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...

But it's not the possibility of an ocean, although crucial for life as we know it, that is contentious. Using the JWST, the ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...

Skywatchers worldwide are in for a charming cosmic display before the sun rises next week as three celestial bodies will ...

This “Pink Moon,” otherwise known as the first full moon of the spring season, will reach its peak on Saturday, April 12, ...

The night sky this week brings a first peek at the Lyrids Meteor Shower before its actual peak, plus planets including Venus, ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

US President Donald Trump is set to kill key space and climate sciences projects, potentially derailing critical programmes ...

There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the ...