The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

To gig deep into the Earth's mysteries isn't just science fiction. The video highlights one of humanity's boldest attempts at ...

Scientists have discovered two diamond-like planets, PSR J1719-1438b and 55 Cancri e, challenging our understanding of ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

The core's structure mirrors that of Earth's, with a fluid outer layer and solid inner core, which has substantial implications for understanding Moon's history and the evolution of the Solar System.

The team's research adds another point in the "for" tally of evidence. And they found that the lunar core is very similar to that of Earth – with an outer fluid layer and a solid inner core. According ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an instability ... of Oxford seismologist Paula Koelemeijer. The layers of ...

Our planet’s core is made mostly of iron, but it might also contain primordial helium that formed just after the Big Bang. Helium normally has trouble bonding with other elements, but ...

"This particular species has a remarkable hidden feature—an inner shell made of calcium carbonate beneath its outer layer of gathered ... evolved very early in Earth's history, which means ...

Underneath the Earth’s crust we know there is a hot mantle and an even hotter outer and inner core, but now experts say we may have missed something all along. Recently scientists were able to ...