If Earth had rings like Saturn, they’d likely orbit between 10,000 and 30,000 kilometers above the surface — far higher than ...

Phoebe is not just another moon — it is a cosmic trespasser. Orbiting Saturn at nearly 13 million kilometers and moving in the opposite direction of the planet’s rotation, Phoebe violates the basic ...

Following a massive cryovolcanic eruption, the mysterious Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has been morphed into a giant spiral ...

Be reborn in the waters of Pisces Season.

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

For an overdue wake-up call, The Globe travelled to the Deep South to understand how the state is breaking stereotypes and, ...

With Area 51 ruled out by President Obama, where might aliens really be hiding? Scientists have now revealed the best candidates.

A “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will be visible from Antarctica on Feb. 17, 2026, as the new moon sets the stage for ...

New scientific theory based on ancient proteins suggests that genes did not arise as we believed and that life could have started elsewhere.

All the “normal” matter, like the stars, gas, dust, and people, is called baryonic matter, and it’s basically the tiny visible fraction of a universe that’s mostly invisible and still not fully ...

A distant star dimmed by 97% for nearly 200 days. Astronomers say giant rings around a brown dwarf or super-Jupiter may explain it.

A rare celestial event “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will spread through Antarctica on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, as the center of the sun is briefly blocked by up to 96% by the same new moon ...