By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s icy moons, hides a vast alkaline ocean beneath its frozen surface, where chemical reactions between water and rock generate energy and release elements essential for life, ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, a close Trump ally who is also the Secretary of Transportation, caused a stir in early ...

Through the Super 50 initiative of the Zilla Parishad, six rural students who have secured admission in IIT have got the ...

The Viking missions paved the way for future Mars missions and helped researchers understand the red planet’s climate and ...

NASA has officially tracked 6,000 confirmed exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—a milestone that reflects decades of ...

Government leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, have set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2027 ...

When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet ...

Was there ever life on Mars? Planetary scientists think there could have been but there hasn’t been any direct evidence.

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo craft awaits its capture by the International Space Stations' Canadarm2 robotic arm, ...

Despite being one of the largest animals on the planet, the limited population and vast territory of the North Atlantic right ...

Scientists in China and the United States have found the first direct evidence of a solid inner core inside Mars – a ...