In the chaotic aftermath of Mongol expansion in the mid-13th century which had left the Abbasid capital of Baghdad in ruin, a new centre of learning soon came to the forefront. Ironically it was the ...

Exploration of the outer solar system may be getting a boost from the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO). When this gigantic ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built ...

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons with 274.The International ...

Researchers worry an “extinction-level event” is coming for space science as the Trump administration looks to slash spending ...

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

Astronomers from the University of Arizona have uncovered astonishing details about a galaxy that existed when the universe ...

Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting ...