Some of the most influential voices in planetary science and space-inspired culture will take center stage on Feb. 14 as Lowell Observatory hosts “A Night of Discovery,” the keynote event ...

The biggest planet in the Solar System. And the smallest star in the known Universe. Today, they are on a collision course.

Trump’s history is off — the eagles he references are actually part of a bridge connecting Virginia and Washington that was ...

Clyde Tombaugh, who was born on this day in 1906, grew up on a farm in Kansas and was captivated by sights of the moon and ...

A planet that may exist, and may be habitable or may be frozen, has been discovered on an Earth-like orbit around a star 146 ...

Pluto and its largest moon Charon have a rare tidal locking relationship, constantly showing the same faces to each other. This, combined with unique geological features like polygonal ice cells, ...

NASA has announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star that shares several other similarities with ...

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

Fruit plants can bring soluble fiber, the kind that gels in water and helps slow digestion, into everyday meals, and they turn patios and backyards into small orchards at the same time. From quick ...

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

Scientists found signs of water far from Earth’s comfort zone. Could life exist where we once thought impossible?

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet orbiting the nearby K-dwarf star HD 137010 after detecting a single, shallow ...