Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...
On November 12 2014, Philae – the lander of the spacecraft Rosetta of the European Space Agency (ESA) – landed on a comet for ...
Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the ...
This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, ...
It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, as his ...
In the last few years, astronomers have discovered three small rocks circling Proxima Centauri, part of a triplet star system ...
Astrophotographer Josh Dury’s photo of the Milky Way over Easter Island’s Moai statues has been honoured by NASA as Astronomy Photo of the Day.
The two leaders will meet in Peru, where China has steadily expanded its influence in a challenge to the United States in its own region. By David Pierson and Mitra Taj Displaced young ...