Diamonds, the saying goes, are a girl's best friend and Jupiter and Saturn just might be filled to the brim with them, scientists say.
At 3:21 pm (EDT), NASA'S Mission Juno spacecraft will slingshot around Earth towards Jupiter picking up speed to become the fastest man-made object in history.
As our telescopes become ever more powerful, writes science journalist Lee Billings, the universe appears to be receding before humanity’s outstretched hands, while the pressing problems of life on...
Scientists have created the first-ever cloud map of a planet beyond our solar system.
For the first time, a chemical essential for the creation of plastic on Earth has been found in a far-off part of the solar system: Saturn's largest Titan.
Just two decades after discovering the first world beyond our solar system, astronomers are closing in on alien planet No. 1,000.
Yesterday, at exactly 4:44 p.m., the first day of the fall season began. We know what that means: pumpkin lattes, the crunch of leaves beneath your boots and brisk weather. But there's more to fall...
A photo of the surface of the planet Mercury has set astronomers giggling with what appears to be Star Wars' hero Han Solo -- frozen in carbonite
There's a "blue marble" alien planet just 63 light-years from Earth, but the world is anything but friendly to life.
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