The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope will be able to observe extrasolar planets like never before.
The powerful new model can help detect life on extrasolar planets more effectively than ever before.
A group of astronomers has estimated the number of habitable planets in our galaxy for the first time.
New evidence seems to confirm that the Earth was once impacted by a planet known as Theia.
Astronomers have identified a planet in a distant solar system that is 17 times the mass of the Earth.
The space agency has emphasized that sending humans to the Red Planet is still its primary mission.
The space agency's next rover could be conducting its very own planet-growth experiment on Mars.
Finding signs of extraterrestrial life on an extrasolar planet is going to be a lot harder than expected.
Three former NASA astronauts are set to reveal some unsettling data on how vulnerable our planet is.
Astronomers have located an Earth-sized world within the 'Goldilocks zone' of a distant solar system.
The Venetian island of Poveglia is considered to be one of the most haunted locations on the planet.
Scientists have identified what could be a natural satellite orbiting a planet in another solar system.
A new study has calculated how many people it would take to viably populate another planet.
Scientists may be able to alter our genes to make the human colonization of other planets more viable.
Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet in our own solar system and it might not be alone.
Researchers had theorized that a gas giant in the Oort Cloud may have been affecting the orbit of comets.
Over the last couple of days two large recently discovered asteroids have passed close to our planet.
Recent studies have revealed that extrasolar planets are extremely abundant throughout the universe.
The record-breaking haul of newly discovered worlds comes courtesy of the Kepler Space Telescope.
The recently selected PLATO mission will focus on identifying Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars.