Elon Musk is taking the long view. The billionaire SpaceX founder has long said that humanity needs to expand its footprint ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working outward, is the following: Mercury, Venus, Earth ... At the center is the sun, a yellow dwarf star that contains ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

The Solar System is very tidy. You have four rocky planets near the Sun, and four gas giant planets further away. An asteroid ...

Earth-like exoplanets might be more common throughout the Milky Way than previously believed, astronomers report in a new ...

Aisling O'Hare, who led the study, told Newsweek she's "excited" about what the science world can learn from the data.

A new study led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has revealed that planets ...

Scientists have uncovered a colossal, previously hidden hydrogen cloud, named Eos, just 300 light-years from Earth — the ...

That means Earth may have to deal with more inclement solar weather in the coming years. Every solar cycle typically lasts around 11 years. The solar maximum usually comes in the center of that cycle.