Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...

Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India ...

but Ceres really looks more like a planet." Ceres has a diameter of around 950 kilometers ... Ceres was a compelling ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like planet lurking in the distant ... [+] Kuiper Belt, well past the orbit of Neptune (artistic illustration). There may be an ...

This is what planets would look like if they were at the distance of the moon. (Second animation): This animation shows the moon orbiting Earth at the same distance as the ISS. More from News Have ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into the heavens?

which facilitates comparisons with other planets like Venus and Mars. Earth science is inextricably connected to astronomy, which is the study of outer space, since the behavior of the sun and ...