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"The Kepler and K2 missions just keep on giving!" Harvard astrophysicist, David Latham told The Daily Galaxy. "Operations ended more than three years ago when the spacecraft ran out of fuel, but we continue to mine the data archives for celest

Lockheed Martin will go on an important mission to Jupiter, which is the first in the history of space missions.

In the past decade, the discovery of extrasolar planets has accelerated immensely. To date, 4,424 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,280 star systems, with another 7,453 awaiting confirmation. So far, most of these planets have been gas giants, with abou

Kepler space telescope has managed to spot 27 signals hinting a presence of rogue exoplanets.

Tantalizing evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of "free-floating" planets, planets that may be alone in deep space, unbound to any host star. The results include four new discoveries that are consistent with planets of similar

Planets the size of Earth could be hidden in binary star systems, with the light of their suns hiding them from view

Remember the stunning video of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars? The Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) has now released similar video footage from its Zhurong rover, including the sounds recorded as it plummeted through the Martian atmosp

Temperatures around the Martian south pole mean the lakes are likely to be frozen.

Scientists at Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems—within the small cosmic distance of 326 light-years—that could find Earth merely by watching our pale blue dot cross our sun.

Here's why experts claim this is a strange one.

A new study takes a look at how the presence of a surface can affect an exoplanets atmosphere, giving astrobiologists a way to study exoplanet surfaces without having to "see" them directly. The post A New Technique for "Seeing" Exoplanet

A Neptune-sized exoplanet with a 'substantial atmosphere' and the potential for water has been identified in deep space, 90 light-years from Earth.

Look up! But don't forget your solar eclipse glasses.

Nelson added that he does not believe the UFOs are evidence of extraterrestrials visiting Earth. "I think I would know" if that were the case, Nelson said. But, he acknowledged, it'd be premature to rule that out as a possibility.

Monday, FNC host Tucker Carlson opened his program questioning the military's response to the unknown space threats reported in various media outlets in recent days, noting the dismissal of Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier.

With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.

Despite what you might have read, the claims about life on Mars are shoddy and unscientific.

Mushrooms are proof of life, as they are fungus, and scientists prove that those are it in the recent Mars photos.

On Wednesday, SpaceX launched and successfully landed an early Mars rocket prototype at its facility in South Texas. SpaceX and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, announced the rocket's first successful landing on Twitter, writing "Starship landing nominal!

Ingenuity aced its fourth-ever Martian flight this morning (April 30), going farther and faster than it ever had before.