Northern lights, or auroras, are not exclusive to Earth. Astronomers have already detected this phenomenon on most planets ...

With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.

A new British study swirled new evidence on the moon's frigid space temperatures, suggesting its different sides hold vastly ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, ...

In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a ...

A new study rules out the existence of global oceans of water on Neptune-like planets such as K2-18b, finding their water ...

The farside possesses a thicker crust - the outermost layer of the planet - and is more mountainous and cratered.

Natural History Museum scientist Laura Molares Moncayo studies microbial life in the Arctic. © James Bradley Laura Molares ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, ...

Scientists solve a 15-year Mars mystery, confirming ferric hydroxysulfate formed by volcanic and hydrothermal heating across ...

Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists from the, University of Leeds, and University College London has uncovered ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...