The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...

Aside from Earth, no planet in the solar system captures our imagination quite like Mars. The Red Planet is one of the few ...

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The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

There may be something about Earth’s remote places that root many of humanity’s greatest achievements in space. John Glenn (the first American to orbit the Earth) and Neil Armstrong (the first man ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

Currently shining at its greatest brilliance for this current apparition, this dazzling evening "star" currently appears as a ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.