We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to ...

Most scientists follow this pronunciation for exactly that reason: it’s neutral. It avoids the scatological “yoor-AY-nuhss” while staying close to its Latin roots. Another accepted variant is ...

An expanding 'rogue' planet 620 light-years away was spotted using European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have spent two decades and large portions of their exorbitant wealth creating new space technologies. Their plan is to reshape how humans live.

New research suggests a rocky “lava planet” orbiting very close to its star likely carries an atmosphere. Astronomers found an atmosphere where they least expected it—clinging to an exoplanet that’s ...

incredible pace—about six billion tons every single second. This is the fastest growth ever seen in a planet, and it’s giving ...

Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings ...

At least three old satellites or rocket bodies fall back to Earth every day, a new report reveals. And experts warn that the number of objects returning from space is set to increase, a possible ...