Othmar Schmiderer wanted to avoid "fear-mongering or finger-wagging" but sees a "possible colonization of distant planets as ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet," study lead Miki Nakajima, an associate professor in the ...

Billie Eilish is urging fellow celebrities to speak out after the Alex Pretti shooting, using social media and public speeches to criticize ICE, challenge political silence, and push for ...

Starting Tuesday, customers on Southwest flights will have assigned seats and the option of paying more to get their ...

MILAN (AP) — When Lucas Pinheiro Braathen tells people in Brazil that he represents the country in Alpine skiing, he says ...

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

The nature writer has collaborated with musicians Delia Stevens and Will Pound on a reimagining of Holst’s ‘The Planets’ ...

DALLAS (AP) — It was too cold for school in Chicago and other Midwestern cities Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

Five Democratic-controlled states are asking a judge Friday to order President Donald Trump’s administration to keep money ...

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always ...

Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of ...