The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...

NASA may have just found our second Earth - a planet so similar, it could be habitable for humans. But this is just the ...

Named TOI-4465 b, the exoplanet caught astronomers' attention as it acts as a bridge between scorching gas giants and ice ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, stripe-covered rocks found in the northeastern reaches of Canada. These rocks appear ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

Wildfires are becoming more intense and dangerous, but a new Stanford-led study offers hope: prescribed burns—intentionally ...