A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and China is preparing to deter it by mirroring a U.S. space test.

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...

Tonight starts a great week of star gazing. Here's when to watch the full moon next to Venus, and a rare planetary parade ...

Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 ...

Jupiter has been high in the sky in the evening lately, and that stirred a memory of the first time I ever saw Jupiter ...