We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected ...

From galaxies to the Sun, new research explains how turbulent motion can produce large-scale magnetic fields that remain ...

In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though ...

Astronomers watched a distant star dim for months and found a metal-rich cloud that may be the aftermath of a massive ...

“This is the first planet candidate with Earth-like radius and orbital properties transiting a Sun-like star bright enough ...

What if extraterrestrial life is hiding in places we had completely ruled out? For decades, astronomers have focused their ...

Dinosaur skeletons often dominate museum halls, from the towering Tyrannosaurus rex known as Sue in Chicago to Sophie the ...

Earlier telescopes, including Hubble, revealed the Helix as a serene, eye-shaped glow. Webb presents a more intimate view, one that emphasizes motion, temperature, and chemistry. It connects the death ...

In films featuring mermaids, bioluminescent organisms and decommissioned military and energy sites, the artist’s work swirls with posthuman mythologies ...

Scientists suggest superionic “hot black ice” deep inside Neptune may explain its tilted, offset and chaotic magnetic field, ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of ...