By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of ...

This is because most asteroids never experienced the ‘differentiation’ that took place on planets such as the Earth.

NASA selects two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space for additional ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the ...

It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.

Astrophysicists developed a theoretical model that could be used to estimate how likely it is for intelligent life to emerge ...

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers has inspected an icy protoplanetary disk of a ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international cooperation of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, a ...

If another gravity theory is correct, "then the broader implications are enormous," astrophysicist Stacy McGaugh told ...

One of these previous iterations is the Hubble Space Telescope, known for its advanced capabilities but also its limitations. The Hubble is much closer to Earth than the JWST, orbiting about 320 miles ...

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, designed to block starlight, will help scientists detect faint light from exoplanets.

Uranus is unique as it rotates on its side, at roughly a 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit. The planet takes 84 years to orbit the Sun. An animated GIF showing Uranus' magnetic field. The ...