Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded by literally tons of space debris daily. The larger ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...

Researchers identified hundreds of new species in 2024, expanding our knowledge of Earth’s startling biodiversity.

The sun recently hurled two coronal mass ejections toward Earth. The first is expected to reach us on Tuesday sparking aurora ...

A Chinese spacecraft that burned up high over Los Angeles created a sonic trail detected by ground-based sensors.

A black moon also refers to the new moon phase itself when the moon is positioned between Earth and the sun, making it nearly ...

No election, no Eras tour, no eclipse. After a jam-packed 2024, what will we be talking about come 2025? It looks like there ...

Lorna Simpson encountered this book several years ago and has since remained curious about the stuff-of-legends yet ...

Asteroid-detecting AI algorithms have already identified 27,000 new pieces of space debris, bringing the known number to 1.3 ...

The new moon in Capricorn, the last new moon of 2024, is upon us, giving us a chance to cast a proverbial light toward the ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

Fireworks have been lit in celebration for thousands of years, and this New Year’s Eve is no different. But, while Americans ...