Discovering the solar system and the Milky Way is an exciting experience for children. A number of sites offer fun and ...

NASA selects two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space for additional ...

One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is anticipating ...

This reaction likely plays a significant role in the formation of complex organic molecules in the universe—and may even contribute ... Although higher pressures and temperatures reign on Earth and on ...

There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds of dust, it hides an unseen mass. A mass ...

It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—nearly as massive ...

Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made ...

Researchers have developed a new model to calculate the chance of aliens' existence in our universe. The possibility of other ...

This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...