Astronomy

This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is.

Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an underwater gorge

It's back to the Wasteland for more nuked nightmares when Prime Video's hit sci-fi series returns in December.

The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous new meteor shower?

Peanut allergies more than tripled in U.S. kids between the late 1990s and late 2000s, and the prevalence has risen even more since then. Scientists are still searching for answers—and new ways to treat them.

The impending merger of the two galaxies hints at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and when they collide.

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The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tonight (Aug. 21), carrying a variety of high-tech gear to Earth orbit.

SpaceX has moved its giant Super Heavy booster to the launch pad ahead of Sunday's (Aug. 24) planned liftoff of the Starship megarocket.

In his latest book, science journalist Peter Brannen argues that CO2 is the most important—and most misunderstood—molecule on Earth

A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was "stripped to the bone," offers a rare glimpse of the interior of a massive star prior to its death.

Some stars in the universe grow to 300 times larger our own sun. But how do they get so big, and how do they sustain their mass?

Studying the signals that humanity beams through the solar system has allowed a team of NASA researchers to pinpoint where and when astronomers should hunt for alien technosignatures.

The journal Science has lifted an expression of concern on a paper claiming evidence of Majorana quasiparticles, but concerns linger

Our heroic Navy SEAL gets interrogated years after the alien mothership plummets to Earth

The Double Cluster, Wild Duck open Cluster, and Coathanger asterism are on display in August.

Astronomers used the Einstein Probe to track a powerful blast of X-rays back to its source in the early universe.

Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that threaten Earth, a new study suggests.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will liftoff Thursday, Aug. 21, with the Boeing-built X-37B space plane for the U.S. Space Force. The mostly classified mission will study experimental technology in orbit.

Two colossal plasma fountains tore away from the sun in a breathtaking double blast, one of the most impressive eruptions this solar cycle.