It's believed to account for roughly 85% of the universe's mass, yet no telescope or sensor on Earth has been able to track ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

For millions of years after the end-Permian mass extinction, the same few marine survivor species show up as fossils all over the planet. A new study reveals what drove this global biological ...

Large and small planets are born from very different circumstances, according to data from NASA’s now-retired space telescope ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

Experts have unveiled details of SIMP 0136, a floating planetary mass thought to be around 20 light-years away from the Earth ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...

Wondering what there is to love about Jupiter? The Jovian giant has many reasons that are worthy of your affection, whether ...

The mass extinction that killed 80% of life on Earth 250 million years ago may not have been quite so disastrous for plants, ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.