Right now, as a passenger on planet Earth, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. But why can't you feel it?

Earth's rotation on its axis is the fundamental reason for the cycle of day and night. As our planet spins, one side faces the Sun, experiencing dayli ...

Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's ...

The hunt is on for terrestrial exoplanets in habitable zones, and some of the most promising candidates were discovered ...

New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a simple communications glitch.

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet ...

Even worse, the orbit of Mars is elliptical (think of a slight oval rather than a perfect circle), which means that sometimes ...

The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it ...

New research shows Uranus’ fierce radiation belts were a short-lived blast from a solar storm, reshaping what Voyager 2 ...

Every second, our planet is racing through space at tens of thousands of miles per hour, yet the air outside the window ...