The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...

Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

From concerts to opera to film festivals and a costumed pet parade, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

Plymouth has a cool new bookshop which is staging exciting literary events for children and grown-ups. Exeter-based ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

“The settlement of North America and other continents was a prelude to humanity’s greater challenge: the space frontier,” the ...

A massive coronal mass ejection (CME) is hurtling from the Sun's far side, setting a collision course for the unusual ...

Introducing the Urwerk UR-10 Spacemeter ✓ A watch that measures time and space with hands (!) ✓ How about that? ✓ ...

Peggy Hollinger The planet Mars as imagined and read by science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson. Kim Stanley Robinson ...

Against the backdrop of headlines about falling Starlink equipment, aerospace startup Atomic-6 introduced a composite ...