The water-rich planet Uranus has an unusual magnetic field. (Image: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio)
Ice of the bizarre kind: Researchers have gained new insights...
Using the Juno spacecraft's keen eye, researchers have unraveled that Jupiter's famed storm may be as deep as 500 kilometers.
Planet Jupiter is known for...
Gas filaments generated by the black hole in the galaxy group Nest200047. (Image: University of Bologna)
At the heart of most galaxies are supermassive...
Researchers have come to this somewhat disappointing conclusion after taking a closer look at the signal – referred to as BLC1.
The signal in question...
After a blistering search, astronomers may have discovered an exoplanet tens of millions of light-years away.
Astronomers have been scanning the night sky for years,...
The explosive stars unexpectedly emit radio waves. And that may indicate unknown worlds.
Astronomers are still eagerly searching for exoplanets; planets outside our...
Artist's impression of asteroids speeding through the young Earth's atmosphere. (Image: SwRI / Dan Durda, Simone Marchi)
Underestimated bombardment: Large asteroids and comets hit...
While it was previously suggested that water once flowed liberally across the Venusian surface, that exciting theory is now being questioned in a new...
This is evident from blood tests of five Russian cosmonauts who spent almost six months in the International Space Station.
We know that space travel...