On Tuesday, responding to a question during a testimony to a US Senate committee, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said he ...

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, carving out rings and gaps that ultimately explain one of the ...

Astronomers have discovered the TOI-201 planetary system where planets are shifting their orbits in real time, a rare ...

Astronomers’ favorite fable just got a new twist. The “Goldilocks zone” — the region of space not too close and not too far from a star where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface — now has a ...

On the steps of the U.S. Capitol on a balmy October morning, a crowd of people sporting “Save NASA Science” buttons buzzes with anticipation. Among them stands Eli Orland, who likens America’s space ...