Earth is far from a stationary planet; it spins on its axis, orbits the sun, journeys with the solar system around the Milky Way, and moves through the expanding universe in a complex, layered dance ...

Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the best one," Professor Gupta said. "Maybe the universe’s biggest secrets are just tricks played by the evolving constants of nature." ...

Sunlight also plays a role. As asteroids absorb heat from the sun and re-emit it, they experience a tiny push, known as the ...

Two recent studies used seismic data from NASA’s retired InSight mission to shed light on what lies beneath Mars’ surface and what it means for the planet’s history The spacecraft will map the ...

Using the Open Exoplanet Catalog and NASA’s Eye on Exoplanets website provides new way to study Kepler’s and Newton’s laws ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...