A feature observed in Venusian vortices that matches a similar feature in Earth's own cyclones has revealed how much the...
NASA has launched its new Kepler spacecraft, marking the beginning of a three-and-a-half year hunt for planets in distan...
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter could have been formed during the early solar system when Jupiter and Saturn ...
Seth Shostak writes about the future of manned space exploration, unmanned probes and the problems we will face in the f...
The destination of NASA's next major mission to the planets has been announced, Jupiter and two of its moons Ganymede an...
With astronomers scouring the heavens for signs of life on planets outside our solar system, new research has delved in ...
With telescopes being aimed towards planets around distant stars in the hopes of one day discovering life elsewhere in t...
As advances in science and technology allow us to gain more and more information about planets orbiting distant stars th...