Hubble’s new detection shows a planet circling a star in one of the most unlikely environments ever recorded. The readings ...

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NASA officials reacted strongly against allegations that federal employees were called back to work to dismantle laboratories ...

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Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

The annual Leonids Meteor Shower is due to illuminate our skies once again, with the best time for viewing the light show ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...

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Maryland legislators came to the defense of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center amid rumors that buildings and laboratories ...

An object the size of Manhattan, born in a distant star system seven billion years ago, is currently hurtling through our ...

Researchers have shown that the chameleon has a coiled optic nerve, which they believe allows the lizard to increase their ...

We caught up with Austra to talk abou Ray of Light, the five stages of grief, and other inspirations behind her new album ...