A new study by a team of astronomers from the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University indicates that habitable zones may be bigger than previously thought.
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Once the E-ELT is completed in 2014, it will be the largest optical/infrared observatory in the world.
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The TRAPPIST 7 have some explaining to do. Are they really Earth-like and potentially habitable?
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As the closest (and most eccentric) planet to our Sun, Mercury's distance ranges from 46 million km (28.58 million mi) at perihelion to 57.9 million km (35.98 million mi) at aphelion.
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Sam Monfort, a Doctoral Candidate at George Mason University, has created a series of visuals that illustrate the trends in UFO reporting.
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A new study by an international team of scientists may be the "missing link" in our understanding of how planets form from debris disks.
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The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope is an 'almost telescope' that never got built. But the design and thinking behind it have helped shaped the future.
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Ready for the "Great American Eclipse?" We're now less than six months out from the long-anticipated total solar eclipse spanning the contiguous United States from coast-to-coast. And while folks are scrambling to make last minute plans to stand in the path of totality on Monday, August 21st 2017 a unique project seeks seeks to document the view across the entire path.
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The Giant Magellan Telescope is being built in Chile by a consortium of nations. It should see first light in the early 2020s.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Breaking News - Elon Musk, billionaire founder and CEO of SpaceX, announced today (27 Feb) a daring plan to launch a commercial manned journey to beyond the Moon and back in 2018 flying aboard an advanced crewed Dragon spacecraft paid for by two private astronauts - at a media telecon.
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A new study from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has shown how crystallization in the Earth's core may be what drives its magnetic field.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - At the request of the new Trump Administration, NASA has initiated a month long study to determine the feasibility of converting the first integrated unmanned launch of the agency's new Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion capsule into a crewed mission that would propel two astronauts to the Moon and back by 2019 - 50 years after the first human lunar landing.
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Ever since the presence of exoplanets was announced in the TRAPPIST-1 system, SETI has been monitoring the system for signs of alien life.
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Located in the northern hemisphere is Cepheus, one of the 48 constellations included by Ptolemy in his classic work, The Almagest.
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The HiRise camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter continues to supply stunning images of the Martian surface.
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According to a new study from the School of Earth and Space Exploration, it may be possible to refreeze the Arctic to help fight Climate Change.
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'Tis the season... eclipse season, that is, as an annular solar eclipse marks the end of the first cycle of two for 2017. And although the annular path for this eclipse passes some sparsely populated parts of the southern hemisphere, we just might get some amazing live views, courtesy of modern technology and some intrepid observers willing to adventure trek after the shadow of the Moon.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A SpaceX Dragon supply ship jam packed with more than 2.5 tons of critical science gear, crew supplies and 40 mice successfully arrived this morning at the International Space Station (ISS) - where six humans from the US, Russia and France are living and working aboard.
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Members of the British Antarctic Survey shot a video of the wide crack in the Antarctic Larsen Ice Sheet, which could mean a collapse is coming soon!
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The Event Horizon Telescope should give us our first picture of a Black Hole in the beginning of 2018.
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In what is the biggest announcement in exoplanet-hunting history, NASA has announced the discovery of seven rocky exoplanets around a single star, three of which are potentially-habitable
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As the second closest planet to our Sun, Venus takes 224.65 days to complete a single orbit around our Sun, making a year on Venus 61.5% as long as a year on Earth.
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During the 5th World Government Summit, the United Arab Emirates announced a bold plan to build a permanent settlement on Mars.
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A new geophysical definition has been proposed by a team of planetary scientists, one which would result in a Solar System of 110 planets.
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Located about 28,000 light years away in the northern constellation of Gemini is the large open star cluster known as Messier 35.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - After a six year lull NASA's historic pad 39A roared back to business this morning with the dramatic maiden blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a critical cargo delivery mission for NASA to the space station - while simultaneously landing the first stage back on the ground at the Cape on a secondary mission aimed at one day propelling humans to Mars.
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After months of review, Juno's mission scientists have chosen not to attempt an engine burn that will reduce its orbital period.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Just hours before blastoff, the first ever SpaceX Falcon 9 set to soar to the space station from historic pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the rocket went vertical below delightfully dark skies on the Florida Space Coast.
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Curving wriggles seen in sand dunes on Earth and formed by the recent ebb and flow of water have just been found on Mars.
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A new study by an international team of scientists uses data provided by the Dawn probe to show that conditions favorable to life could exist on Ceres
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Data collected over decades proves that Earth has another continent: Zealandia.
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The Big Bang Theory predicts three times as much lithium as observed. Where are the scientists hiding our lithium?
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Much like Jupiter, Saturn is known for having some pretty extreme weather, owing to its turbulent atmosphere and rapid rotation
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - In a potentially major change in direction for NASA's human spaceflight architecture, the agency is officially studying the possibility of adding a crew of astronauts to the first flight of the Orion deep space crew capsule and the heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket currently in development, announced Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot.
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Watch Comet 45P pirouette end over end in this detailed radar view of the comet's nucleus.
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