Something is hiding inside Kepler-51d, and it’s doing a remarkably good job of it. About 2,615 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, this peculiar world orbits a young Sun-like star every 130 ...

NASA's Hubble Telescope captured the rare phenomenon of a comet breaking apart, catching scientists off guard until they saw ...

The Maya civilisation is known for its art and architecture. But we’re discovering Maya astronomy was even more advanced than ...

Physics departments chairs around the country have expressed feelings of demoralization, decreased productivity, and a reduced capacity for graduate students as a result of policy changes. These ...

The film which opens in theaters Thursday is grounded in a real nearby star systems an exoplanet science, with a dose of fictional biology.

As Malaysians eagerly awaited the arrival of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, some chose to experience the moment differently — by ...

Deep in the cold darkness beyond our Solar System, Oxford-led astronomers have discovered a world that defies easy categorisation: a small, rocky worl.

As Malaysians eagerly awaited the arrival of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, some chose to experience the moment differently - by witnessing the crescent moon sighting firsthand rather than waiting for the ...

Astronomy Day is free and open to the public. Planetarium seating is limited, and guests are encouraged to reserve tickets at ...

Located just 35 light-years away, this world is roughly 1.6 times the size of Earth. But don’t call it a twin. It’s a scorching, pungent orb wrapped in an atmosphere of hydrogen and sulfur, perched ...

When the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced in Stockholm in October 2013, the world was watching. Among the names read out ...

While meteors of this size enter Earth's atmosphere two to three times each year, the odds of them passing over a ...