If Brown’s hidden world is real, Rubin will almost certainly find it or strong indirect evidence that it exists. “In the ...

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope—yes, that’s actually the ...

The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.

J anuary 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf ...

Agrivoltaics refers to the practice of combining solar panels with farming — for example, using the shaded areas under the ...

An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting that a hidden population of lunar rocks is drifting in space ...

A creature not seen since the 1800s reappeared in the net of artisanal fishers in Chile, and was one of the most read species ...