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Microbes unlike any life on Earth could be thriving high in the clouds of Venus, according to a new discovery by astronomers.

ELON Musk has a timeline of when he hopes to send humans to Mars. The ultimate goal is for his SpaceX company to put a person on the Red Planet by 2024 and build a self-sustaining city by 2050. SpaceX recently completed its second 'hop' test for i

Officials at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico still don't know what caused the accident that severely damaged the facility's iconic radio telescope this week, forcing it to shut down temporarily.

People who tested positive for COVID-19 were twice as likely to report dining at a restaurant before becoming sick than people who tested negative.

While the survey was able to capture over 10.3 million stellar sources and contained six known exoplanets (likely many more exist in the region), the team notes it was like trying to find something in an ocean, but only studying "a volume of water equivalent to a large backyard swimming pool."

British researchers have identified 50 new planets using artificial intelligence, marking a technological breakthrough in astronomy.

A twin star of the Sun may have formed along with our solar system, a new study from the Center for Astrophysics finds. If confirmed, the presence of a second star would explain mysteries of the Solar System. This would mean the Oort Cloud at the edge of

Do you get angry when you see someone without a face covering? They might have a good reason to avoid one, even if it isn't obvious

Lucky Canadians in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island spotted a 'fireball' streaking across the night sky on Tuesday, August 11, during the Perseid meteor shower, reports said. This video, shared by Prince Edward Island resident Matthew Sentner,

Lucky Canadians in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island spotted a 'fireball' streaking across the night sky on Tuesday, August 11, during the Perseid meteor shower, reports said. This video, shared by Prince Edward Island resident Matthew Sentner,

Lucky Canadians in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island spotted a 'fireball' streaking across the night sky on Tuesday, August 11, during the Perseid meteor shower, reports said. This video, shared by Prince Edward Island resident Matthew Sentner,

The Pentagon's UFO unit - declared non-operational three years ago but reportedly still in existence - will make some of its findings public within the next five months, according to a Senate committee report outlining spending on the nation's int

The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now added younger Americans in the list of people who are at risk of contracting COVID-19.

New calculations come up with estimate for worlds capable of communicating with others

Western researchers have discovered a mysterious exoplanet less than twice the size of Earth orbiting around a distant Sun-like star that could support life, making it the closest analog to the Earth-Sun system.

A team of astronomers was able to provide an estimate regarding the possible number of exoplanets that have Earth-like qualities within the Milky Way Galaxy. The astronomers based their findings on the data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting missio

A team of MIT researchers have observed a Super-Earth using a CubeSat, making it the smallest satellite to study an exoplanet. The post Tiny Cubesat Detects an Exoplanet appeared first on Universe Today .

SpaceX's Demo-2 Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived at the International Space Station today and safely docked.

Spacecraft instruments switched off after COVID-19 outbreak forces mission control to send workers home ESA will pause on-board operations of its spacecraft exploring our Solar System after sending its mission control center staff home to help contain the

NASA is preparing to hand off to the private sector much of the work of communicating with spacecraft in Earth and lunar orbit. SpaceNews.com