A pair of new studies has revealed that the hellish skies of exoplanet WASP-121b contain silicon monoxide gas, which has ...

Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as ...

Earth harbors incredible secrets, from remnants of a planet that formed the Moon residing deep within, to ancient auroras ...

The core of the Red Planet may be filled with sulfur. New experiments have shown that the core of Mars formed much faster ...

There are a lot of theories about how the moon formed, including one where the Earth collided with another planet and the moon was created from the debris. However, in competition is another massive ...

Countless shadowed craters line the terminator all the way down to the moon's southern pole, while the 54-mile-wide (87 km) ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

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HELENA — Big Sky Country had a big night on Friday. The Aurora Borealis made an impressive appearance for some, but it was not the only shimmering object in the night sky - a very strange white ...

In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night sky ... faint stars in the sky than bright ones, and only the brightest stars and planets are brilliant ...

When those particles reached the planet, they triggered a rare aurora ... surface for signs of ancient life—were trained on the sky instead. On the fourth try, they struck gold.