IMAGE: Artist’s conception of Kepler telescope observing planets transiting a distant star. view more Credit: NASA Ames/ W Stenzel. To be considered Earth-like, a planet must be...
“There’s gold in them hills!” That may have been a call that enticed a lot of people to venture out to California for the Gold Rush...
Research sheds new light on our hope of finding intelligent life across the galaxy. Image credit: Graham Holtshausen Unsplash What if we’re not alone in the...
Aurora is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern...
A study published on Monday in The Astrophysical Journal stated that there could be a minimum of 36 active, communicating intelligent civilizations in our Milky Way....
Scientists have identified a green light in the atmosphere of Mars. A similar glow is sometimes seen by astronauts on the space station when they look...
Scientists have identified a green glow in the atmosphere of Mars caused by sunlight releasing oxygen atoms from carbon dioxide — the first time such a...
Doyle Rice USA TODAY Published 5:31 PM EDT Jun 15, 2020 Are we alone in the universe? Is there anyone else out there? A new study...
An asteroid larger than a football field zoomed past the Earth at a distance closer than our moon in early June, and astronomers didn’t know about...
This new portrait of the Red Planet’s neighbors was taken during a time when there’s more dust in the air on Mars. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover...