Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

Scientists already know that a planet must be in the “Goldilocks zone”—not too hot and not too cold—to have liquid water, a ...

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

Tribe asks Clay County for letter of support to transfer property into trust, county invites tribal leaders to board meeting.

In 1973, the Skylab space station hosted astronaut scientists conducting experiments to enhance understanding of Earth and ...

The phenomenon happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up ... it does not entirely blot out its white glow. Instead it turns a reddish colour as sunlight filtered through Earth’s atmosphere ...

Stargazers across a swathe of the world marveled at a dramatic red “Blood Moon” during a rare total lunar eclipse in the ...

Although the sun is a million times the volume of Earth, a white dwarf is roughly the size of our Earth. Most of the white dwarf will consist of a special ultradense state of matter called ...

A total lunar eclipse and a partial solar eclipse at sunrise two weeks later will be visible from the Poconos in March.

On the night of March 13 into March 14, skygazers across North America—along with many other parts of the world—will get the ...

The postponement, driven primarily by thick clouds, was the second scrub of the flight since an issue with the rocket on ...