A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

You'll be able to easily see four planets in the February evening sky, and with any luck you'll be able to raise that number to five during the final week of the month. You'll be able to easily ...

By Katrina Miller NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry. By Robin George ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

February is the best month to see Venus. But clouds, storms might make it hard to spot in Mississippi on Valentine's Day. How ...

It might be hard spotting Venus on Valentine's Day because of cloudy weather. February, however, is still the best month to see it.