A new study by German scientists has concluded that the recently discovered planets Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f are the first viable candidates for habitable zone...

A Glimmer From a Dark Cosmic Era With the combined power of NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect,...

Discovery Channel introduces viewers of all ages to America’s latest scientific wonder with the world premiere of “Scanning the Skies: The...

Astronomers have seen something that’s never been seen before: A huge amount of dust around a star has mysteriously disappeared. Poof, like magic. It’s...

Mission Status Report NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has taken its first snapshots of the highest-energy X-rays in the...