Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and every day astronomers turn up new surprises. In this gallery, we take a look at ...

According to these calculations, Earth's total lifespan will be about 9.5 billion years.

Some of history’s greatest scientific minds didn’t dismiss God, they wrestled with the idea in ways that may challenge modern assumptions. What they discovered goes deeper than equations and beyond ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

Discover the hidden ways evolution may have limited human perception.

A physicist proposes that the universe is not empty space, but is a viscous fluid, fueling the expansion and contraction we see.

Precious metals may be escaping from the planet’s core. This hotly debated subject could help us understand Earth’s evolution and determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe ...

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

It's well established that the universe is expanding, but there's serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it's ...