A total lunar eclipse hasn't happened in years, and won't happen again for a few more, so now's the time to take in the ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...

Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...

A University of Bristol simulation predicts the formation of supercontinent Pangaea Ultima within 250 million years, making ...

The gas giant WASP 121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

According to the calculations run by Ozaki and Reinhard, the oxygen-rich habitable history of Earth could end up lasting for ...

The exosphere is the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere, where space begins. It has almost no air, and satellites orbit ...

Hundreds of millions of Americans will have the chance in March to see the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years.

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 ...