(A note from Maureen Dowd: I know that every year, some of you see this Thanksgiving column by my brother and think that it ...

K2-33b, depicted in this illustration, is among the youngest exoplanets discovered to date by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. This artist's rendering depicts a giant exoplanet causing small bodies to ...

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Scientists have discovered Earth-sized dark UV spots at Jupiter's poles, likely caused by magnetically driven vortices ...

Open star clusters sparkle as Luna and Venus line up and Jupiter’s moons jockey for position in the sky this week.

In a world where the climate is increasingly hot and volatile, farmers are having trouble keeping their crops cool. A startup ...

Woolly mammoths, giant sloths and saber-toothed cats were a fact of life for early humans. New clues in Earth’s northernmost ...

Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

Red Planet Day, observed annually on November 28, celebrates humanity’s enduring fascination with Mars, the "Red Planet." It ...

Red Planet Day celebrates significant scientific achievements and inspires ongoing research into Mars' geology.

By Deane Morrison As December rolls along, some of the most iconic stars and constellations wheel into view during the ...

Dark ovals in Jupiter's polar haze, visible only at UV wavelengths, were first noticed 25 years ago, then ignored. A UC ...