February: it’s a short month, and it’s also relatively short on stargazing highlights. Still, patient stargazers will be rewarded with a memorable planetary alignment. And for those readers joining us ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds. Researchers found the planet likely holds significantly more oxygen than the ...

The images from Planet Labs PBC show roofs have been built over two damaged buildings at the Isfahan and Natanz facilities.

After the roughly 7.5-mile-wide (12 kilometers) asteroid struck off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be ...

The curious minds at What If predict the effects if Planet X entered our solar system, revealing orbital chaos, climate ...

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global ...

Every week, Space.com delivers the latest discoveries, launches, and cosmic curiosities from across the universe. From groundbreaking research aboard the International Space Station to dazzling new ...

Their new study shows that Earth’s massive drop in temperature after the dinosaurs went extinct could have been caused by a large drop in calcium levels in the ocean. The study showed that the ...

This week in science: how eating meat could be associated with a longer life; a switch for fat cell production; how space ...

In turbulent times, it helps to hear stories of resilience. What can we learn from 3.5 billion-year-old bacteria that eat light?