So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Planet, best known for providing geospatial intelligence through its satellites, sees an opportunity in orbital data centers ...

NASA has unveiled the largest planet-forming disc ever recorded, after capturing striking new images with the Hubble Space ...

The first full moon of 2026 is the Wolf Moon. And it’s a supermoon —the fourth in a row! As per the Farmer’s Almanac, it will ...

Andreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate ...

Meteor showers, eclipses, a planetary parade and 13 full moons will be visible in the night sky in 2026. Here’s when to see them.

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

American scientist heads the Carl Sagan Center and researches the potential for humans to inhabit the extreme environments of ...

From the scale of danger posed by wind turbines to the actual price of installing home solar panels, here are the facts you ...

It is likely that the Chang'e 7 lunar lander will touch down near Shackleton Crater, Schörghofer advised, outfitted with an ...

Through Carnegie Mellon University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, junior physics major Joao Passos is studying brown dwarfs — objects bigger than planets but smaller than stars — ...