Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new planet which is six times as large as the Earth and could host alien life.

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

The dataset covers the period between September 2004 and December 2023 and will enable researchers to explore and model some ...

The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance it will hit our planet in the next eight years.

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...

The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

How did woolly mammoths survive the last ice age? And how thick was the ice over New York City? Test your knowledge by taking ...

Planet Labs Wednesday announced a new $230 million multi-year partnership extension with an unidentified Asian-Pacfic ...