A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

We know the majority of Americans — and residents of Hawaii — support this common-sense policy. In fact, a recent poll showed ...

No explosive birth needed: The discovery suggests this black hole likely formed through direct collapse, a quiet implosion ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang, which gave birth to the universe some 13.8 ...

"Rather, the sun and planets all orbit their common center of mass ... the sun at different times, so they get different ...

Our sun is wobbling, and this has a huge impact upon the regularity of many of Earth's meteor showers, according to a new ...

The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among ...

Scientists have discovered four new Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light-years away. Using advanced technology, these are the smallest exoplanets detected via the ...

To mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, Space.com looks at some of the most scientifically significant images that have emerged from the observatory's lens.

In our neighborhood of the Milky Way, we see a region surrounding the solar system that is far less dense than average. But ...