Richard Jeffery Wagner, PhD explores love, free will, and sentient companionship in a near future shaped by technology ...

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

According to NASA, at least one bright planet can be seen on most nights, depending on the weather.

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its ...

The stars may not align, but the planets will. Stargazers are in for a treat later this month when six planets form a line during a rare event scientists are dubbing a “planetary parade.” The ...

With an estimated 6 sextillion kilograms of the stuff—that’s 21 zeroes by the way—the Earth’s core is another example of why hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.

Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges ...

A new study hints that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was created around 400 million years ago, when two massive moons smashed ...

Planets are often described as ancient, unchanging worlds. Planets are born out of chaos, shaped by violent collisions and swirling dust. They grow, t.