Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but ...

The waning moon shines close to the king of the planets on Dec. 7. Don't miss Jupiter shining close to the waning gibbous ...

Body-crushing pressure. Toxic atmospheres. Unbearable temperatures. That's what would be in store if you visited other planets in our Solar System.

If it feels like the last month of the year has kicked off on an especially dramatic note, you’re simply feeling the vibes of ...

The hypnagogic state is so creative because, as we hover between sleep and wakefulness, the conscious mind is barely active.

Mercury, long recognised as the innermost planet, exhibits a remarkable comet-like tail stretching millions of kilometers.

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

Space questions everything about what we know about existence and consists of gigantic stars, icy comets and distant worlds ...

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications ...

Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...

Almost all planets in our solar system have moons – why not exoplanets? Astronomers believe they have discovered the first ...