Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in ...

Mercury is a planet of impossible contradictions. It’s scorching hot, yet we’ve found ice at its poles. It’s small and barren ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

Before the ribbon cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by Westfield High School Astronomy Club members Krystyna Goulette and Kaitlyn Goulette — ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

Discover why the Indian Ocean is the warmest ocean in the world. Keep reading about its average temperature, location, warm ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

The Kuiper belt, a disc of icy rocks on the outermost edges of the solar system, seems to have more structure than we thought. In 2011, researchers found a cluster of objects there on similar orbits ...

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan. The ...

Part-time Warren County resident, environmental advocate Bill McKibben recently released “Here Comes the Sun.” ...