High above the earth, a cutting-edge satellite is passing around Earth 15 times per day. It is hunting for leaks of methane – ...

Even JWST can’t separate these tiny planets from their host stars – as they orbit their stars too closely. But there is a way ...

The boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the Kármán line, is about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the planet ...

Mega-constellations of internet satellites are quickly filling the skies. Experts are begging regulators to slow it down and ...

Unusual vortices tied to Jupiter’s magnetic field may be driving massive formations of atmospheric haze close to the giant ...

The giant planet hasn’t been this bright in a decade, and it reaches opposition December 7. Now is the time to get out and ...

Astronomers at UC Berkeley have identified mysterious Earth-sized spots at Jupiter’s poles with rapid life cycles.

Forming an estimated 3 million years ago, the planet discovered by astronomers at the University of North Carolina is in its ...

GRACE satellites take monthly measurements of changes in Earth 's gravity, which allows scientists to see if there's also a ...

The dark UV ovals were first detected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during the late 1990s at the north and south poles.

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...