Astrophysicists have long theorized that there should be planets out there that are, in size, somewhere between Earth and ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity ...

The movie-themed restaurant chain Planet Hollywood, which shuttered its Times Square location during COVID, reopened at 136 West 42nd Street in Midtown this weekend after a $17 million investment.

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer ...

It comes after conspiracy theorists in 2019 said they had found alien faces, skulls and primitive cravings in photos of the red planet, but these claims were not backed up by scientific evidence.

Here are some of this month’s highlights. As we discussed last month, late January and early February will provide a stage for a Planet Parade, with six planets lining up in the night sky.

While the asteroid never posed a threat to our planet, it did intrigue astronomers ... 7 by astronomers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS.

"K2-22b has an asymmetric transit profile, as the planet's dusty cloud of effluents comes into view in front of the star, showing evidence of extended tails like a comet." "It's a remarkable and ...

Until that happens, the best the universe can offer is aligning planets, we’re afraid – but it’s still pretty exciting. For a few brief evenings around February 28, every planet in our solar ...