With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its entire globe can be glimpsed; the waxing crescent moon appearing as a thin ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.
The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...
The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the world is to being inhabitable for humanity. Scientists just set the new ...
Scientists have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ planet six times larger than our own which may have conditions suitable for life.
A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...
Earth’ planet that may be suitable for life - The exoplanet, which has been named HD 20794 d, orbits in the ‘habitable zone’ ...
UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...
From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.