Billions of years ago, in the frozen edges of the solar system, a violent impact shaped one of space’s oddest pairs. Instead ...

Though they don't orbit around our sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar ...

Macduff met the Herald this week at the Jupiter basalt marker along the Columbia Park Trail, just east of the blue bridge. It ...

"If there were only one object, that would be interesting but an outlier. If there's two, we're pretty confident that's a ...

A 9th planet in our solar system might be found — and no, it’s not Pluto - Is there another planet out there? Researchers say ...

Imagine Earth Shrinking to the Size of Pluto Consider the astronomical and geological implications of a drastically smaller Earth. Roberts, Gorsuch Join Liberal Justices in Supreme Court ...

Since at least 2016, a rumor has circulated online that "a speck of dust is halfway between the size of" an atom and Earth. However, Wendy Taylor, a particle physicist and professor of physics ...

A speck of dust measures halfway between the size of an atom and Earth. Rating: Since at least 2016, a rumor has circulated online that "a speck of dust is halfway between the size of" an atom and ...

On Earth, DMS and DMDS are only produced by life, primarily microbial life such as marine phytoplankton. While an unknown chemical process may be the source of these molecules in K2-18b’s atmosphere, ...

An Apollo-class asteroid, 2011 VG9, is approaching Earth at a staggering speed, set to pass on April 16th. While not classified as 'potentially hazardous' due to its distance, its size and ...