Scientists have long overlooked white dwarfs as hosts for habitable exoplanets, assuming their lack of fusion would make life impossible. But new climate models challenge that idea, showing that ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

Our planet’s history is one of extreme climate cycles that repeat across time, with insights into the Earth’s previous ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

What happens when the biodiversity witnessed by one generation fades into memory the next? These questions are crossroads at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

Using AI to comb through data gathered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, scientists have conducted a detailed scan of the dwarf planet Ceres to map regions rich in organic molecules to determine whether ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet. The ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The alignment peaks on January 25 and Mercury joins the ...