Cosmic Rhapsody takes complex science – astrophysics, chemistry, the search for new worlds – and turns it into something ...

For three decades now, I have watched Earth warm—not through headlines or politics, but in my own data. Every year, the ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

Blue Origin is nearly ready to launch its second New Glenn rocket with the FAA approving launch windows later this week.

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

Two scientists argue that the growing commercial efforts to counter climate change by reflecting away sunlight will thwart ...

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

The Senate's report supports Space.com's findings, stating, "as early as June 2025, NASA began 'implementing immediately' ...

Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites ...