In the intriguing realm of star-forming galaxies, the key factor isn't the total amount of gas but rather its strategic distribution within the galaxy.

The system ʋ Octantis (pronounced nu Octantis) should be hostile to planets. It contains a sub-giant star 57 percent heavier than our Sun and a white dwarf about 43 percent lighter.

Saturn’s moon Titan has Earth-like weather powered by methane. New observations reveal rising clouds and rare molecules.

A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year, scientists say.

Samples from Hawaii seem to contain material that passed across the boundary between the planet’s core and its mantle, nearly ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming -- below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius -- polar ice sheets may ...

A new, more detailed study of 1,000 distant galaxies explains why some gas-rich galaxies don’t produce as many stars as you’d ...

Using the joint U.S.-Taiwanese COSMIC-2 satellite network, as well as 37 ground-based radars called ionosodes, the team ...

Most people have never heard of vacuum decay, but if it happened it would be the biggest natural disaster in the universe. If ...

This cataclysm would result from a change in the Higgs field, a quantum field that pervades all of space. It would be ...

Research reveals that a geological feature has prevented a catastrophic eruption at America's most popular National Park ...