Age data for certain classes of meteorite have made it possible to gain new findings on the origin of small water-rich ...

The new galaxy, because of how far away it is, looks to observers exactly as it did when it was first created 3 billion years ...

Now the diameter of the known universe can be described as 558 billion trillion miles (that’s 558 followed by 21 zeros) or 28 gigaparsecs. If you’re like most astronomers, I’m pretty sure which size ...

A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own ...

Dennis Mammana Stargazers We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to comprehend sizes and ...

We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to ...

Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...

The answer is an absolutely astounding number. There are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in the universe. Or, to put ...

The first ever recorded 'planet with a death wish' orbits so close to its host star that it triggers huge flares of radiation ...