The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

On a 1:1 billion scale model of the solar system, it would take about 7,320 steps to reach pluto from the sun. That’s 3.66 miles. In reality, that would equate to roughly 7,320,000,000 steps. At Alton ...

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...

SHINE. MORE FROM THE JUST HOW FAR IS IT FILE FOLKS LIVING IN PRESQUE ISLE AROOSTOOK BIGGEST TOWN, ARE FARTHER NORTH THAN HALF OF ALL CANADIANS. THE MAJORITY OF WHOM LIVE ALONG CANADA’S SOUTHERN BORDER ...

Space is a very big place, and as such, it's full of mysteries that scientists can't explain. Some of this is simply because it's impossible to fully observe, thanks to its sheer size and the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this ...