Earth seems to have its first fuzzy photos of alien planets outside our solar system.

The cosmos never ceases to amaze us with its sheer size and splendor. The star studded sky above us and the vast unexplored eternity that lay beyond us have always captured both human mind and human heart. While the glitz and shine of the stars and...

“Humanity doesn’t need a moon-base or a manned trip to Mars. We need an expedition to planet Earth, where probably fewer than 10 per cent of species are known to science, and fewer than 1 per cent of those have been studied beyond a simple...

The planet Venus passed conjunction with the sun on June 9 and is now emerging into view in the western evening sky. But it will be a long and tedious process. Even by the end of September this planet will still very low at...

By Vincent Van Ross We talk of the Sun; we talk of the Moon; we talk of our solar system; we talk of outer space; we talk of Unidentified Flying Objects. But, is there life in outer space? The Sun may be at the centre of the solar system. It...

Should we be alarmed at the current massive die-offs being noted in the animal and plant kingdoms? After all, new species arise and old species die off all the time.

A television company has joined forces with a social networking site to send a message to the nearest theoretically inhabitable planet. But can our television and radio broadcasts already be picked up in...

The common mantra that there is nothing special about our place in the universe is questioned today by a simulation of the birth of our Solar System.

Pluto is finally getting its day in the sun, after being stripped of planetary status by astronomers two years ago.

Japan’s Maruyama Shigenori, one of the world’s leading geophysicists, is working on a global formula for a vast new field of study that would include dozens of disciplines collaborating to produce an overall picture of the...