Among the most fascinating phenomena are gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. Recently, ...

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The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

Jovian storms can rework the whole chemical makeup of Jupiter's deep atmosphere by picking up ammonia from and dropping it ...

DARPA is using Earth’s atmosphere as a powerful sensor, allowing the detection of events like rocket reentries and illicit ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent 286 days on the International Space Station after technical problems extended their ...

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

For over half a century, scientists suspected a quiet but powerful electric field might be influencing Earth’s upper ...

The rock is believed to have emerged from a larger asteroid that resided in the outer regions of the asteroid belt. "After ...

Auroras are possible over the U.S. tonight (March 25) as a "moderate" geomagnetic storm hits Earth. UPDATE: The Northern ...