Space

The vast majority of planets near foreign stars are discovered by astronomers with the help of sophisticated methods. …

When you look up at the night sky at the galaxies, how do you know whether the specks …

Catherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist isn’t space-suiting up …

Astronomers have presented an explanation for the shapes of planetary nebulae. The discovery is based on a set …

An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, …

To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes …

Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive clumps of gas within galaxies scatter some stars from their orbits, …

Dark matter is the invisible glue that keeps stars, dust, and gas together in a galaxy. This mysterious …

Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to home. Scientists at the Center …

As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS, and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets (planets around other …