Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a cautionary tale from planet hunting’s prehistory ...

A Dragon capsule undocked from the International Space Center early Tuesday, sending NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit, a little more than 12 hours after the private company teamed ...

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (finally). But have you heard the myth about balancing an egg on its end?

Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting ...

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

A total lunar eclipse is a relatively rare astronomical event because the moon usually passes above or below Earth’s shadow ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...