"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University of Amsterdam in a statement. This orbital period places it a little closer ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

Bouncing back from under the weight of Ice Age glaciers which have long since vanished, the Nordic region land mass is slowly ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been used to shed new light on the exoplanet, GJ 1214 b, which is more than eight times ...