Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

Along with researching gravitational waves, Holz heads the Science and Security Board at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.

In a new study published in Science Advances, a team led by planetary scientist Chris Moeckel from UC Berkeley offers a ...

The University of Arizona has utilized state-of-the-art Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme technology to observe the PDS 70 ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the ...

That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror, meaning Webb has six times the light-collecting area. Capturing more light allows Webb to see more distant ...

The Trump administration wants to significantly cut NASA’s budget next year, slashing science research funding in half, a ...

A bizarre hailstorm of icy “mushballs” — slushy mixtures of ammonia and water — has been confirmed on Jupiter, where intense ...

K2-18b, a potentially habitable exoplanet 124 lightyears away, may contain biomarker DMS, but its habitability remains ...