Scientists work to define a “habitable zone,” which means that if it’s too close to a star, the water heats and evaporates, and too far, it freezes. Also, the atmospheric conditions need to be just ...

New Jersey stargazers will be treated to visual splendor in the night sky this month. February features what scientists call a “planetary parade” with Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are already scheduled to return to Earth in March after a months ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

This raises the tantalizing possibility that we could snap pictures of any aliens lurking there. 'Excitingly, its proximity with us – only 20 light-years – means there is hope for future space ...

(NewsNation) — You might want to keep your eyes on the skies for the next couple of months: Six planets will align in January and February. AccuWeather writes that Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.

China is already aiming to start a massive solar energy project known as the ‘Great Solar Wall,’ in the Kubuqi Desert of Inner Mongolia. This 48 billion US dollar project aims to create 48 billion kWh ...

Super-Venus GJ 1214 b offers new insights into the evolution of mid-sized planets Often called a "super-Venus," GJ 1214 b shares some similarities with Venus but has extreme carbon dioxide levels ...