The confirmation of the gas giant planet would mark a milestone as the closest planet to Earth that orbits in a habitable ...

If you thought our moon was the only satellite circling the Earth, think again. Astronomers have revealed a shocking number of tiny bodies are also up there as well.

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Planet Earth is spinning a little faster today — and will spin a little faster one day next month, too. This will technically result in shorter days, but the change will be so minuscule you won ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

SCIENTISTS have stumbled across a new Super-Earth that orbits inside its star’s habitable zone with a new alien-hunting tool. Searching for Earth-like planets – and Earth-like life R… ...

Bob McDonald's blog: Humanity gets its first glimpse of what happens when an aging star overwhelms a close orbiting planet, just as our sun is expected to eventually do with Mercury, Venus and Earth.

On July 9, July 22 and Aug. 5, 2025, the moon will be at its furthest distance from Earth's equator, which changes the impact its gravitational pull has on our planet's axis.

At night, this bounty triggers the largest daily migration on earth. A cloud of zooplankton (tiny microscopic creatures) emerges from the ocean depths to feast — doubling their weight every day ...