Scientists have mapped the upper atmosphere of Uranus in detail, revealing a cooler, thinner, and more unevenly charged layer around the planet than expected.

Astronomers have identified Proxima Centauri b, a rocky planet just over four light-years away, as the closest potentially ...

For the first time, an international team of astronomers has mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’ upper atmosphere, depicting how temperature and charged particles change with altitude across the ...

It would be understandable if you stopped thinking as much about Pluto after it was “demoted” from being considered one of the nine planets sharing the Earth’s solar system to being classified as a ...

SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday (Feb. 19). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral ...

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth ...

Over the past decade, Don’t Nod has explored the soul-sucking worlds of 17th-century America, post-WWI London, dystopian ...

The makers of Life Is Strange and Jusant return with a new science fiction adventure that’s been made with the help of the European Space Agency.

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus's upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the ...

Northumbria University PhD student Paola Titanti has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever ...

For five years the Mars Rover has been exploring without the aid of maps, GPS or even a brief idea of where it’s going without the help of people on Earth feeding it information ...