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Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...

NASA is releasing stunning photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Check them out below ...

During its 35 years of orbiting the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope has transmitted endless streams of magnificent images, confirmed the existence of "dark matter," and helped track a vagabond ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

At 45, Nikku Madhusudhan has made the discovery of a lifetime. How did he know where to look? What else could these gas ...

To build the TerraMesh dataset that underpins TerraMind, IBM’s researchers compiled data on everything from biomes to land ...

Astronomers have discovered a huge single object that will glow near the Earth and the Sun. It is a T-shaped cloud called Eos ...