From lazy ripples to towering breakers, the mechanics of ocean waves should vary widely from one planet to another, according ...

Far beyond the reach of any spacecraft, a distant world glows with heat so intense that rock itself turns to vapor. In that ...

Professor Kunio Shirahada’s research at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology explores how services can ...

For several days this month, Saturn, Mars, and Mercury appear just degrees apart before sunrise—close enough to watch their ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines ...

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric ...

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard made a groundbreaking move, gifting his $3 billion company to environmental causes. Instead ...

Somewhere beyond Neptune, the Kuiper Belt is bent. Not by much, and not in a way any known planet can account for. A study ...

Dying stars may be wiping out nearby giant planets as they expand into red giants. Astronomers found that these close-in planets become increasingly rare around more evolved stars, suggesting many ...

The National Air and Space Museum’s Virginia location now displays the objects which represent critical leaps forward in ...

A handwritten plea from 10-year-old Kaela has done what decades of scientific lobbying couldn’t: it has forced a public response from the very top of NASA regarding Pluto’s planetary status. In a ...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, is now complete after more than a decade of development.