HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the atmospheric origin of exoplanet GJ 1214 b and its results challenges ...

For a few brief evenings around February 28, every planet in our solar system will be visible at once, with Mercury making a ...

One of the most powerful online tools at your disposal is the sprawling Google Earth project, which allows you to use ...

Celebrate National Geographic Day on 27 January 2025 by honoring the explorers, scientists, and storytellers who uncover the ...