The mystery of dark energy has puzzled physicists and theorists for over two decades. Was the solution under their noses all along?

Research on the first meteorite to be found on UK soil for 30 years has revealed how fast space rocks are contaminated by the Earth’s atmosphere.

Astronomers are once more pleading for a dedicated mission to Uranus to help humanity unveil its many secrets.

The current work is expected to be completed in 2025.

Massive cosmic explosions created when neutron stars collide aren't as chaotic as you might expect.

The eastern shoreline of Yorkshire is called UK's 'dinosaur coast'. Even by those standards, the latest discovery is surprising.

Scientists think that dust from the moon's surface could potentially be used to reverse the affects of climate change.

Here are 7 of the most unusual things spotted in the skies over Norfolk in recent memory.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day is a chilling image of the Seven Dusty Sisters - the Pleiades stars clusters in the infrared.

New research at Penn State suggests that when preserving the world's coral reefs, both above and below the surface activity is equally important. A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports found that maintaining water clarity in coral reefs is…

Aspects of gravity may have been known by Leonardo da Vinci long before Galileo, Newton, and Einstein, according to his centuries-old illustrations. A photograph of one of Leonardo da Vinci's sketches of experiments to understand gravity. (Image credit: Briti…

A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain captured what looks like a swirling vortex in the night sky.Researchers believe this strange phenomenon is related

"The launch is expected on February 24," a spokesman for the Roscosmos space agency told AFP

A trove of newly-discovered fossils in Southwest China revealed how modern marine animals, like fish and lobsters, thrived in the immediate aftermath of a mass extinction event more than 250 million years ago.

It may come as a surprise to know how much space clothing the astronauts truly have in space, though the only dress occasions for them are "inside the station" and "outside of the station".

In the “worst case”, a collision would result in the formation of thousands of space junk in an already crowded environment.LeoLabs says Russia’s SL-8

The object is 1600 feet long and about 500 feet wide- dimensions comparable to the Empire State Building.

Experiments on ancient proteins reveal that mutations are more numerous and nuanced than previously believed. It can pogo-stick along at 50-plus miles per hour, leaping 30-odd feet in a single bound. But that platinum-medal athleticism falls by the wayside at…

Waste heat is the biggest source of energy on the planet. A newly developed waste heat engine could recycle all that lost heat back into the energy, reducing our use of fossil fuels

Moon dust can be used to block the direct sun rays coming towards the earth and thus can help in lowering the temperature on the earth by 1 or 2 degrees Celsius.

Using supercomputers and the help of thousands of citizen scientists around the world, researchers...

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