As per the study conducted by scientists at Ohio State University, these gas giants could form in just 1 to 2 million years, ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Have you ever wondered how far Jupiter is from Mars or Venus from Earth? Our handy calculator makes it easy to find out! All distances are average and ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from ...

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

At 5.97 light-years from Earth, it is the fourth-closest star to our solar system, after the three interconnected stars of the Alpha Centauri system. (Five potential planets have also been ...

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...