Although we humans certainly do like to think of ourselves as smart, we only just discovered a new species of whale. The Rice's whale.

After a close look with a powerful radio telescope, astronomers are still puzzled by a pair of objects with strange ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers groundbreaking insight into a new type of planet described as unlike anything in our solar system. The discovery of the exoplanet, which orbits ...

Less red meat is good for the planet and a growing number of people have started the new year resolving to pursue a meat-free ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...

The exoplanet Enaiposha, or GJ 1214 b, is a hazy world orbiting a red dwarf star about 47 light-years from Earth. Previously likened to a mini-Neptune, in-depth observations obtained using JWST now ...

The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets—almost half ...

Looking for a new gym in the Boston area? Planet Fitness recently opened a new location in Allston. The new gym marks the affordable fitness center chain's ninth location in Boston. Along with the ...

They are found between tens of AU and hundreds of AU from their star, and some of the belts are tilted or elongated, as though the gravity of an unseen planet ... such as the New Horizons mission ...