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A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

Ever since the ancient Greeks first made observations of the circular Moon and the skies, scientists have known that the ...

The Arecibo Message as it appears when its 1,679 bits are properly aligned on a grid (left), an annotated illustration ...

An image released from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a rare perspective of Earth 180 million miles away on Mars.

Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...

A Chinese rover has found new evidence to support the theory that Mars was once home to a vast ocean, including tracing some ...

A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

Our guide for viewing the planets tells you when is the best time to see them during the month ahead as well as other skywatching sights to look out for ... a fourth bright planet will make ...

Shimon Gibson / Mount Zion Expedition However, nobody noticed the paw print until later. After the dig, the newly discovered artifacts were stored in boxes. Laboratory director Gretchen Cotter was ...

Show Full Article “We have found that around 87 percent of the planet’s mass consists of dense materials such as rocks and iron in the core, and the remaining mass comprises a low-density envelope of ...

Morning observing During November mornings, Ka‘awela (Jupiter) will stand out in the Western sky just before dawn. Behind Jupiter will be the Milky Way and the navigational star family ...